Thesaurus results for BOILING POINT

boiling point

noun

Definition of boiling point

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 Things came to a boiling point in the finale at a Halloween party thrown by Brittany Cartwright at her house. — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 Zilisch’s exasperation reached a boiling point last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 That competition is about to reach its boiling point this week. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 The sequence was the boiling point of a maddening, inexplicable few days in Minnesota. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boiling point

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Rolón has ordered three criminal investigations into the Ueno Bank crisis, including claims involving Peña and other current and former government officials, the prosecutor's office said Thursday.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña resigned from office this Thursday after Ueno Bank was shut down in the middle of the night due to a solvency crisis, leaving millions of customers unable to access their money and triggering a scandal.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of crisis

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This time around, traders often cite the booming (and opaque) private credit market and AI datacenter plans funded too much by debt — some of it off balance sheet — as likely breaking points.

— Sean Conlon, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Keep in mind, there is a breaking point.

— Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of breaking point

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The win was the 200th for coach Guy Gardner, the Sea Kings’ head coach since 2009, and afterward his players sang happy birthday to senior wide receiver and defensive back Kevin Owens — a testament to how close knit the team has grown.

— Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Ayala also allegedly kicked her 17-month-old daughter, causing the child to hit her head on a baby gate, AZ Family reported, citing court documents.

— Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026

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Yet another campaign flash point was Police Chief Jim McDonnell, who was appointed by Bass to run the LAPD in 2024.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Her vote for his Supreme Court justices became a major flash point, as did her votes on last year’s GOP tax law and the war in Iran.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026

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