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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Despite their 24/7 availability, chatbots still struggle to accurately identify crisis situations.Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The decade-long project found that more than one in three tree species are threatened with extinction, underscoring the scale of the crisis facing our planet’s ecosystems.Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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For updates on evacuation orders, see the Ventura County emergency website.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In an emergency stop, the Vanquish’s Brembo carbon ceramic brakes halt progress from 100 kph (62 mph) in less than 30 meters (98.4 feet), a common European benchmark for truly superlative braking.Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Raynaud’s phenomenon, also called Raynaud’s syndrome, is a condition that causes the small blood vessels in the extremities to constrict.John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
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Iris pulls herself onto the dock and waits as the power in her extremities slowly returns.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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In discussions with more than a dozen House Democrats, virtually all expressed some degree of fear about the possibility of post-election violence.Andrew Solender, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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There’s even a possibility of the comet being in the sky at the same time as the Northern Lights, if the solar activity spiking this week translates to geomagnetic storms.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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The climax needs to pay off all the tension that’s been building, often in a frenetic burst of action or revelation.JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
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The climax of Marvel’s Phase Three kicked off with this everything-and-the-kitchen-sink installment which finds the Avengers trekking across the globe to stop Thanos (Josh Brolin) from acquiring all six Infinity Stones.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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That said, a surprise seldom impacts the election in the eleventh hour.Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Earlier this month, Melania Trump broke from the Republican Party by declaring those views in what some suggested was an eleventh hour move to court women before the election.Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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In the context of present-day fears about political violence, a milestone in the 2000 election imbroglio came on Nov. 22, when hundreds of mostly male protesters barreled into Miami’s Stephen P. Clark Government Center to protest Miami-Dade’s ongoing recount of votes.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Pretty Woman actor, 75, sold his $11 million New Canaan, Conn., home in October, property records confirm, marking another milestone in his transition to spending more time outside America.Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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English learners can attend a specialized class for learning to speak and write can be accomplished with a before-school (zero hour) or after-school period.Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
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As the zero hour approached, the men fiddled with their automatic rifles while their leader, Habib Rahman Inqayad, scrambled to get the exact location of their target.Safiullah Padshah, New York Times, 17 June 2023
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