as in crisis
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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The growing costs to buy and maintain a car –exacerbated by inflation and tariffs –are leading to rising auto loan defaults and repossessions and a potential crisis for American consumers left unprotected by the federal government, according to a new report by a consumer advocacy organization.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025 -
In a bizarre twist, that denial letter listed her husband as the patient but made reference to the care of a newborn, not that of a 52-year-old man having a mental health crisis.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Given the apparent emergency, Tejasvi’s grandfather was prepared to transfer the funds—but her father urged him not to and the grandfather, at the suggestion of his wife, then called the uncle to see if the request was legitimate.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, New Delhi has pushed for economic initiatives within BRICS, such as the New Development Bank and an emergency liquidity support financial framework.—
Priyanka Salve,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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All seven people shot, five men and two women ranging in age from 28 to 32, were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries to their lower extremities, police said.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
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Bilateral lower extremity venous Doppler ultrasounds were performed and revealed chronic venous insufficiency, a benign and common condition, particularly in individuals over the age of 70.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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But others suggested that with Kirk’s death, any possibility of peacefully bridging the divide between the right and left was now off the table.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Collins, Appropriations Committee chairwoman, is tasked with crafting funding measures and is locked in a battleground reelection fight, potentially strengthening the possibility of an extension.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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As Bouchra begins to make a film of the mother-daughter relationship, the film builds to a tender climax.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Some sequences feel hurried, some satirical dialogue is a little too on the nose and a special effect around the climax lacks the polish of the production design elsewhere.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At the eleventh hour the seller refused to sign any warranties.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Without patent rights, an innovator could spend years developing a novel technology only to have a competitor swoop in and steal their invention at the eleventh hour.—
Kenneth Braithwaite,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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An international crew will touch down using SpaceX's Starship lander no earlier than 2027, assuming technical and training milestones are reached.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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American ’70s cinema was such an important milestone in cinematic history.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 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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The King video marked the zero hour for new forms of activism using cameras.—
Will Potter
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
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