as in crossroads
the latest possible time
The killer's life was spared at the eleventh hour.
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At the crossroads of environmental advocacy, creative expression and community leadership, Deni Luna, MA, stands as a woman whose diverse career reflects the complex challenges of today.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
19 Jan. 2026 -
And perhaps most importantly, the Metropolitan Transit System is at a financial crossroads that could lead to either major service cuts or a significant expansion if local voters approve a possible 2028 ballot measure.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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Wear a hat, scarf and insulated gloves or mittens to reduce the chance of frostbite or injuries to your extremities.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Jan. 2026
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Wear a hat, scarf and gloves or mittens to protect extremities and prevent loss of body heat.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 Jan. 2026
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Pay phone change in case of emergencies jangling in my pocket, an extra bowl of cereal ingested for fuel, tire pressure checked.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Each year in the national park, there are more than a hundred backcountry emergencies.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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But so does an institutional tendency to respond to crises rather than implement reforms to completion.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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By the Sixties and Seventies, avant-garde disciples of Cowell had embraced graphic notation to compose work that responded to crises both global and domestic.—
Olivia Giovetti,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Third-place teams complicate the USMNT’s possibilities At first glance, there is only one straightforward scenario.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Now as then, a strongman has been dislodged in Venezuela, and the field of possibilities has expanded.—
Michael Albertus,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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There was plenty of raw energy in climaxes, sometimes too much for so supportive and reinforcing an acoustic as the Meyerson Symphony Center’s.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Thus a wonderful section on The Jew of Malta climaxes in an unfortunate vision of the text as a secret message to Lord Strange, a wealthy and important patron of the arts.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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This makes vocal communication a reliable way — if not the only way — for dolphins to maintain contact with one another, especially when traveling, hunting or navigating social situations.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Such vague commands, the court said, leave agents guessing how to respond during fast-moving protest situations and expose them to possible contempt sanctions.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Jan. 2026
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The intense temperature and pressure of the impact heated the moon's crust and mantle so much that many of the volatile elements present (volatiles are elements with low boiling points), including potassium, evaporated and escaped into space.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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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
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