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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Alas, as the current crisis confirms, such mere facts do not persuade those leading the anti-vaccine crusade that threatens both existing protections and the hope of creating new ones.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026 -
Haiti is one of the world’s poorest countries, in the grip of a political and humanitarian crisis.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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Since August 2024, six Americans were hospitalized with injuries due to jet ski accidents, with three needing emergency medical evacuations to the United States, according to the security alert.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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The Las Vegas airport confirmed the pilot called an alert, but a British Airways spokesperson told CBS News the aircraft arrived as scheduled and did not declare an emergency.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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No serious person can look at the evidence on anxiety, self-harm, addictive design, sexualized content, violent material and algorithmic extremity and conclude that nothing must change.—
Belonging Forum,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Police said the victim was stabbed multiple times on his body and on his extremities.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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The researchers describe the work as a proof of concept that opens the possibility of harnessing the ocular microbiome to treat eye diseases, rather than a finished clinical therapy.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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The extreme heat of a toaster oven has a high possibility of starting fires or causing burns if left on and forgotten.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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By the time the trio closed out its set with an intense drum climax that could have rivaled thunder, thousands were still dancing beneath the lasers, smoke and stars, reluctant to let the night end.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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The slow dance came to a climax on June 9 — which is depicted in the far right panel — when skywatchers worldwide were treated to a dramatic planetary conjunction as Jupiter and Venus shone less than 2 degrees away from one another above the western horizon.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 June 2026
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At the eleventh hour, country star Toby Keith, rock band 3 Doors Down, and perennial patriot Lee Greenwood all ultimately signed on.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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Because SailGP’s calendar is an unbroken, interconnected chain, an alternative plan cannot be drawn up at the eleventh hour.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Curaçao’s Dick Advocaat, 78, will break the record for oldest coach — a milestone that’s been broken twice already in the past four days alone (South Africa’s coach Hugo Broos is 74 and so is Czechia’s Miroslav Koubek).—
Alex Connor,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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As America approaches this milestone anniversary, many celebrations are looking back at our past 250 years, but one looks forward.—
Faith Salie,
CBS News,
14 June 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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