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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As Russia reduced flows, prices spiked, pushing up energy bills and helping fuel a cost of living crisis.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026 -
Anger among Labour lawmakers about Mandelson escalated into a crisis for Starmer that could yet end his leadership.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Dangerous conditions prompted multiple emergency declarations and travel bans as tens of millions of people under blizzard warnings hunkered down.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Space savers are allowed for 48 hours following the end of a snow emergency.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Detective Samantha Choon told CBS News Miami that the 15-year-old boy was shot in the upper body and lower extremities.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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What Wang had cut was the popliteal artery, which supplies blood to the left lower extremity.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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Vargas added that the possibility of the Jalisco cartel now splintering and descending into internal fighting seemed unlikely.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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The 2026 Major League Baseball season will be played under the dark cloud of the real possibility that the 2027 season might not be played.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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The monologue, about a Katrina hero known as Miss Pat who fed neighbors during the storm, became the climax of the evening, especially after the real-life Miss Pat came onstage.—
Sarah Hepola,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The band has never sounded this melodic before; Wroth in particular brings a constant dynamism to his guitar solos, often layering two and reaching climaxes that refuse to collapse into just a flurry of notes, building off Phantom Slaughter’s keyboard melodies with a real sense of drama.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
17 Feb. 2026
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Both Bill and Hillary Clinton’s agreement to testify before the committee came at the eleventh hour, as the House prepared to hold them in contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena for their testimony.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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Alex Livesey/Getty Images In the early hours of Tuesday morning, shortly after the January window had ended, Dwight McNeil’s partner Megan appeared to take aim at Crystal Palace after the collapse of his move to south London at the eleventh hour.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Faculty celebrated the milestone as a sign their work—and their place on campus—was finally being recognized as valuable.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Feb. 2026
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The moment land became a milestone, the campaign accelerated.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
22 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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