as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
when the situation reached the boiling point, the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard
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Recent Examples of boiling point
His administration’s relationship with the media has reached a boiling point.
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Only, his side of the story suggests that this summer was the boiling point of a longer game, dating back to last summer when contract promises were reneged upon.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
That was the boiling point for the Cowboys.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
Tipping the scales back and forth, Russell blurs the line between fan and celebrity entirely, upping the mutual desperation to an unpredictable boiling point.
—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Only, his side of the story suggests that this summer was the boiling point of a longer game, dating back to last summer when contract promises were reneged upon.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
That was the boiling point for the Cowboys.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
Tipping the scales back and forth, Russell blurs the line between fan and celebrity entirely, upping the mutual desperation to an unpredictable boiling point.
—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boiling point
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boiling point
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The revelation immediately erupted into a political crisis, with the head of prisons dismissed and Guatemalans threatening to protest.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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By August, Ars reported on cases where ChatGPT's sycophantic behavior had validated users' false beliefs to the point of causing mental health crises, and news of the aforementioned suicide lawsuit hit not long after.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Oct. 2025
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Snell was able to build a brilliant performance in part because the Dodgers ground the hard-throwing Greene to his breaking point.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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That’s almost the scale of electricity that Sam Altman and his partners say will be devoured by their next wave of AI data centers—a single corporate project consuming more power, every single day, than two American cities pushed to their breaking point.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Keith Pelley has had four months now to get a closer glimpse of the day-to-day operations of the Toronto Maple Leafs via close interactions with general manager Brad Treliving and head coach Craig Berube.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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But Netflix head Bela Bajaria didn’t seem into it.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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Nonetheless, migration has become a flash point.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Arrests are taking place all over the Chicago area, but some of the biggest flash points have occurred on the South and West Sides, which are home to many of the city’s largest Black and Latino communities.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Boiling point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boiling%20point. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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