as in crisis
the latest possible time
The killer's life was spared at the eleventh hour.
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The following year the company was forced to cut 8% of its global workforce, amounting to around 1,400 jobs, and shut down or dispose of a number of games studios, after claiming a $2 billion deal with an international entity had fallen through at the eleventh hour.
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K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
The Board also addressed an eleventh hour financial reprieve from a donor, which will be able to keep Roycemore open through the end of the academic year.
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Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
The ultimate scene packs a punch here — without spoiling things, Abigail Onwunali is particularly powerful in a role that Wilson saves till the eleventh hour, and Boone goes to places at once frightening and devastating.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
After all, there are so many things to paint in a kitchen, from cabinets to walls to trim, and making a painting mistake after everything is installed in the kitchen can ruin the final look in the eleventh hour.
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Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
7 Apr. 2026
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K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
The Board also addressed an eleventh hour financial reprieve from a donor, which will be able to keep Roycemore open through the end of the academic year.
—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
The ultimate scene packs a punch here — without spoiling things, Abigail Onwunali is particularly powerful in a role that Wilson saves till the eleventh hour, and Boone goes to places at once frightening and devastating.
—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
After all, there are so many things to paint in a kitchen, from cabinets to walls to trim, and making a painting mistake after everything is installed in the kitchen can ruin the final look in the eleventh hour.
—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
7 Apr. 2026
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Andrea Davis, president and CEO of The Resiliency Initiative, has spent 25 years planning emergency response and crisis management for organizations including Disney, Walmart, the FIFA World Cup and Times Square's New Year's Eve celebration.
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Psychological trauma is also emerging as a major secondary crisis.
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Some two dozen nations have sent some 3,000 emergency personnel to Venezuela.
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City officials credited drone technology, lifeguards and emergency management teams with helping monitor shark activity and quickly alert swimmers.
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Short sessions may help with lower-extremity swelling in healthy people, and MD Anderson Cancer Center has pointed to low-intensity vibration as potentially helpful for cancer patients maintaining bone and muscle health.
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Short sessions may help with lower-extremity swelling in otherwise healthy people, and MD Anderson Cancer Center has pointed to low-intensity vibration as potentially useful for cancer patients maintaining bone and muscle health.
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The possibility of disruptions to oil flows via the Strait of Hormuz, however, might not entirely be discounted, which could complicate energy supply calculus.
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Efraín Juárez, then the coach of Pumas, was asked about the possibility of his team ending a long title drought.
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The short version is that after defeating the Kilrathi at the climax of Wing Commander 3, Mark Hamill’s Christopher Blair retires to a backwater world to live out a life in peace and obscurity.
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Each concert climaxes with Pinkerton’s sword fight against the Rat Reaperess, leading to the singer’s inevitable defeat.
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There was at least one person who thought to protest over the situation.
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Vozinha continued his impressive World Cup on Friday with eight saves, including a fantastic stop of a clean shot from Messi in a one-on-one situation.
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Nevertheless, this is an improvement on the zero hours that (many) men were doing 50 years ago.
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Molde’s appeal is not based on a single landmark, but on its position between fjord, coast, islands, and mountains.
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The Supreme Court has released a slew of opinions to mark the end of its current term, and one of them could prove to be a landmark case for personal protections.
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“Eleventh hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eleventh%20hour. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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