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
The debate over how to update Indiana's grid without burdening ratepayers reached a boiling point Aug. 6, when Portage Mayor Austin Bonta said Soliday had sent him a threatening text in response to the mayor's statement about rate increases, which many residents had complained to him about.
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Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
In episode 3 of Outlander: Blood of My Blood, the question of who will step in to lead Clan MacKenzie after the death of Red Jacob (Peter Mullan) reaches a boiling point.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
During this process, the propellants will need to be kept well below their boiling points.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Those redistricting efforts hit a boiling point this week, when Democrats in Texas fled the state in an attempt to prevent a vote on the new map.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
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Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
In episode 3 of Outlander: Blood of My Blood, the question of who will step in to lead Clan MacKenzie after the death of Red Jacob (Peter Mullan) reaches a boiling point.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
During this process, the propellants will need to be kept well below their boiling points.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Those redistricting efforts hit a boiling point this week, when Democrats in Texas fled the state in an attempt to prevent a vote on the new map.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boiling point
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Vietnam's crisis is not yet as severe as Singapore's or some of East Asia's lowest-fertility states, but the trend line is moving in the same direction.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Today @FBIDirectorKash was in Cincinnati to announce charges in an operation targeting the fentanyl crisis.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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In episode five, that difficulty adjusting is evident and reaches a breaking point.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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By 2016, the backlash had reached a breaking point, and NBC quietly stopped producing the series, per KQED.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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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,
4 Sep. 2025
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Several of President Donald Trump‘s firings of independent agency heads have made their way through the Supreme Court‘s emergency docket, but Tuesday’s ruling in a federal appeals court likely moves the justices closer to overturning a 90-year precedent on the issue.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Abrego Garcia’s case became a flash point in Trump’s immigration crackdown after he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March. Venezuelans and immigrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran, China and other countries have also been sent to Costa Rica and Panama.—
Juan A. Lozano,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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The union will also be looking to address health and pension issues, a flash point ever since thousands of retirees were kicked off the health plan in 2020, as well as protections against artificial intelligence.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Boiling point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boiling%20point. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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