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extremities

noun

plural of extremity

as in crises

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action made offers of aid to the refugees, and of asylum in extremity

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the most extreme or advanced point at its extremity the fever was actually life-threatening

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Recent Examples of extremities The driver then reversed, freeing the man, who suffered severe injuries to his lower extremities. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 The man had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his extremities, including his arms and legs. — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Lanning said after the game that Moore had movement in all of his extremities while at the hospital. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 Coach Dan Quinn said afterward that Chenal was at the hospital and had feeling in his extremities. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 According to police, the woman had serious injuries to her face, body and extremities. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 Besides being kind to the planet, The Point II will be kind to your lower extremities, too. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026 Points were awarded for eyes, nose, mouth, facial expression, hair, torso, extremities, and overall gracefulness. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026 The Eagles announced shortly after that Jackson had strength and movement in all of his extremities and was being taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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Latif, a hitman who’s also a father of three and a practicing Muslim, faces compounding crises when his wife dies, leaving him with a newborn who can’t tolerate formula.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
With a system immune to currency crises, stability was established in Ecuador, and while stability might not be everything, everything is nothing without stability.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

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Michael Stambaugh looks through a clinometer, an eyepiece that uses triangulation to measure tree heights, vertical angles, and slope steepness.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Fit for a king Mai’s arrival in England coincided with a fad for Pacific cultures that had risen to new heights in 1773, when a blockbuster compilation of accounts of Pacific expeditions, which included Cook’s first voyage, was published.

— Saar Shahar, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

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Related Stories The growing muscle that YouTube flexes as the video crossroads of the world was a near-constant subject of conversation.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Critics see a once-lively multiethnic crossroads suffocated by Chinese authoritarianism.

— David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026

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Built in 1926, near the end of what many consider the heyday of the American carousel, the Griffith Park merry-go-round began its life in San Diego and was relocated to Los Angeles in the depths of the Great Depression in 1937.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
One of Vicuña’s new paintings is Polvo del Sahara/ Saharan Desert Dust (2026), an underwater scene showing the light reflecting into the depths of the ocean, where a stone staircase leads to somewhere beyond the horizon.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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The left, of course, took this completely out of context because most things fly over their heads, and instead viewed it as Sweeney somehow demeaning women's sports.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
What is the probability of getting exactly three heads and three tails?

— Dana Mackenzie, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of heads

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Mercury in your 8th House quincunxes Saturn in your sign, bringing private concerns, trust, money, or emotional expectations up against your personal limits.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
Some parents may be more lenient than others on the candy indulgence, but Arnaout says setting limits is important to avoid children getting stomach aches or nausea.

— Lina Ruiz October 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

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