as in crises
the last possible time when something can be done
You shouldn't wait until the last minute before planning your retirement. They were making changes to the show right up to the last minute.
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His latest protest fits into his activism against war and follows previous arrests for disrupting Senate hearings over Gaza and domestic health crises.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025 -
The oppressive rule has led to nations cutting off aid, leading to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.—
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30 Sep. 2025
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As blood is draining from your head down to your lower extremities, your body is going to help push it back up.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Even short periods of convalescence, from one to three days, increase the likelihood of a condition called deep venous thrombosis, which can cause clots to break loose in the extremities and travel through the bloodstream, passing through the heart and lodging in the lungs.—
Paul Sisson,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Because the volunteers in these positions aren’t paid, they aren’t required to respond to emergencies.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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Just as animation, puppetry, or CGI opened fresh possibilities without taking away from live acting, AI offers another way to imagine and build stories.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Among the possibilities, NFLX stands out as interesting.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Joaquin Temes As Argentina's midterm electoral campaign reaches its second and third climaxes, the number of scandalous corruption accusations aimed at the highest echelons of national politics is surging.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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There’s a reason the picture has that title, in other words, and that idea finds a more direct correlation in the finale, which gives us one of the more grotesquely funny climaxes in recent horror.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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Aside from major milestones like Cinemascope or color, formats once thought to be game-changers — like 3D — have ended up being niche experiences.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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Like Huffman, some kids with autism don’t need as much and might continue to meet developmental milestones until age 8 or later.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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