as in crisis
the latest possible time
The killer's life was spared at the eleventh hour.
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Recent Examples of eleventh hour
First, they’re bound to sell out (don’t repeat my mistake last year and wait until the eleventh hour), and second, time is running out for these Lego sets to arrive before Christmas.
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Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
At the eleventh hour, the city's streetcar, The Hop, also made a cameo.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Last year, Season 2 premiered weeks before the presidential election in which Kamala Harris stepped into the Democrat candidacy in the eleventh hour.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
At the eleventh hour the seller refused to sign any warranties.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
At the eleventh hour, the city's streetcar, The Hop, also made a cameo.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Last year, Season 2 premiered weeks before the presidential election in which Kamala Harris stepped into the Democrat candidacy in the eleventh hour.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
At the eleventh hour the seller refused to sign any warranties.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eleventh hour
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On Tuesday, the US Embassy in Havana urged American citizens in Cuba to take precautions amid the energy crisis by conserving fuel, water, food and charging their phones.—
Bianna Golodryga,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Nigeria is in the grip of a complex security crisis, with an insurgency by Islamic militants in the northeast alongside a surge in kidnappings for ransom by gunmen across the northwest and north-central regions over recent months.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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Many states were hit by several inches of snow and icy conditions, 17 of those states have declared states of emergency.—
Mike Fore,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The city lifted its snow emergency Monday, but cleaning up the streets is taking a good amount of heavy lifting.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Cabot experienced firsthand the extremity of public shaming that women have long experienced when in the negative spotlight of the media, one their male counterparts often seem to avoid.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Konfidenz gets at how paranoia, especially the hyper-vigilant attention and the ever-present heat of standing too close to dangerous extremities of action and emotion, can sometime feel, scrambledly, like love.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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In June 2023, OpenAI’s Sam Altman dismissed the possibility that a small team with $10 million could build a competitive large language model.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The growing awareness that, even in mild COVID cases, the possibility exists for longer-term, often undetected organ damage also warrants more examination, researchers say.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Initially, neither party trusts the other, and the surprising but emotionally logical betrayal that prompts the film’s high-stakes climax carries a lovingly sincere intention.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
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Nominally in the spirit of ’90s from-hell thrillers, The Patient is a riveting character drama that offers some queasy white-knuckle suspense on the way to a thrilling climax.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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The sense is the Panthers would bring Rozeboom back at the right price, while trying to limit his exposure in passing situations.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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So any dog that comes in from a criminal case, from the streets, found as a stray — no matter what the situation is, the ACC has to take that animal.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2026
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Nevertheless, this is an improvement on the zero hours that (many) men were doing 50 years ago.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
9 Nov. 2025
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The zero hour show begins at 1 p.m. ET and the main matches begin at 3 p.m. ET.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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See video … LISTEN Tune in for more on the landmark trial testing whether major social media platforms can be held liable for addictive harms to children.—
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FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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In a landmark case, a New York jury has awarded a $2 million medical malpractice verdict to Varian who sued doctors for performing a double mastectomy on her at just 16 years old.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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