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
Over the last week, tensions between the Pentagon and artificial intelligence giant Anthropic have reached a boiling point.
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Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
These tensions reportedly reached a boiling point last week when, by its own admission, the BNRA fatally shot a PDF fighter in a dispute over a weapon.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Around the end of 2008, the year before Montana opened its first gray wolf-hunting season, animus against the predators reached a boiling point.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
The Charlotte Hornets big man reached a boiling point with Detroit’s Jalen Duren on Monday night and simply had enough.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
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Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
These tensions reportedly reached a boiling point last week when, by its own admission, the BNRA fatally shot a PDF fighter in a dispute over a weapon.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Around the end of 2008, the year before Montana opened its first gray wolf-hunting season, animus against the predators reached a boiling point.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
The Charlotte Hornets big man reached a boiling point with Detroit’s Jalen Duren on Monday night and simply had enough.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boiling point
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Meanwhile, the property sector has entered its fifth year of crisis with sales and investment continuing to slump, dragging the economy and weighing down consumer confidence as well as spending.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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The police department's crisis management group, which includes members of the SWAT team and crisis negotiations team, responded to the scene as well.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Even before Tuesday’s high-stakes meeting between Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Anthropic over how the US government can use the AI company’s technology, the relationship between the two had hit a breaking point.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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What was the breaking point in both of those relationships?—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
23 Feb. 2026
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Three glide bombs struck the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, killing four people, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Vadym Filashkin, said Tuesday.—
HANNA ARHIROVA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Another blow in a broader battle The Kansas law is a flash point in the ongoing battle across the country for legal recognition of trans and nonbinary people’s existence.—
Noelle Martin,
The Conversation,
1 Mar. 2026
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This year, the island is a flash point once again.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Boiling point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boiling%20point. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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