eleventh hours

noun

plural of eleventh hour
as in crossroads
the latest possible time The killer's life was spared at the eleventh hour.

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  1. crossroads
  2. extremities
  3. emergencies
  4. crises
  5. possibilities
  6. climaxes
  7. situations
  8. boiling points
Noun
  • The renewal comes a day after the show’s season finale, which saw Horgan’s character, Alex, at a crossroads both personally and professionally.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Which, honestly, left them at a very uncomfortable crossroads.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of crossroads
Noun
  • Neither of the first two updates relieved concerns about whether Campbell had movement in his extremities, either.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Lawshe's attorney, Casey White, said the victims' injuries were all to the lower extremities and that should have made a difference in getting his client's charges dropped.
    — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of extremities
Noun
  • When contract negotiations began in July, the Hialeah Fire Department had 226 firefighters, about 74 fewer than two decades ago, while responding to more than 31,000 emergencies annually.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • This is one reason Pyongyang treats prominent defections as security emergencies.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of emergencies
Noun
  • Created by Gene Hong (Beef), Citizen’s Arrest follows two longtime friends and neighbors whose obsession with solving a local crime becomes an escape from the private crises neither is ready to face.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The series follows two longtime friends and neighbors whose obsession with solving a local crime becomes an escape from the private crises neither is ready to face.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of crises
Noun
  • The Vancouver Canucks’ Jake DeBrusk, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Rickard Rakell and the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Dmitri Voronkov are among his most prominent wingers available, but the possibilities needn’t be limited to that list.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • From where to eat to which clothes to try on, shopping more often starts with an exploration of possibilities rather than a clear directive.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of possibilities
Noun
  • The scene comes out of nowhere, as the family are watching The Muppet Show, and climaxes with David having his throat slit.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The pop star’s fourth album explores the cracks between the hits, the climaxes, and the comedowns.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of climaxes
Noun
  • Provisional ballots, which are also known as affidavit ballots, are cast by a voter whose name does not appear on the poll book, who does not present an acceptable photo ID, or in several other situations.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
  • These situations can be tense, and there's a lot of pressure to get things absolutely right.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of situations
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of boiling points
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