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
Tensions between Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and the Navajo Nation Council are reaching a boiling point after Nygren appointed an interim Controller — twice — to replace the one who resigned.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Thermodynamics drives selective recovery The researchers hypothesized that FJH combined with chlorine gas could exploit differences in Gibbs free energy and boiling points to selectively remove non-REE elements from magnet waste.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
As seen in a video posted by Nuclr Golf on X, a drink appeared to be thrown at Erica Stoll, Rory McIlroy’s wife, as tensions around the European group reached a boiling point.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Has this finally reached a boiling point?
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
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Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Thermodynamics drives selective recovery The researchers hypothesized that FJH combined with chlorine gas could exploit differences in Gibbs free energy and boiling points to selectively remove non-REE elements from magnet waste.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
As seen in a video posted by Nuclr Golf on X, a drink appeared to be thrown at Erica Stoll, Rory McIlroy’s wife, as tensions around the European group reached a boiling point.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Has this finally reached a boiling point?
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boiling point
Noun
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The members face a crisis of friendship as loyalties shift, trust is tested, and the lines between fact and fiction blur.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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Democrats criticized House Republicans for remaining away from Washington, arguing that their absence is prolonging the crisis and deepening hardship for workers and families nationwide.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Losing to Pitt at home was the breaking point — though, frankly, the Panthers look like a new team since inserting Mason Heintschel at quarterback.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Companies that prepare ahead of time will be rewarded; those that don’t risk being forced to change only once the crisis gets to a breaking point.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The network was about to hire The Daily Show host when a producer Kimmel worked with on the '90s game show Win Ben Stein's Money suggested that the head of the network watch video of him, Kimmel explained Wednesday on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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To combat this, a 4-2-3-1 can be morphed into multiple defensive shapes depending on the head coach’s preference.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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