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crise

American  
[kreez] / kriz /

noun

French.
crises plural
  1. crisis.


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O apoio federal à ciência, inclusive ao INPE, foi fortemente impactado pelas crise econômica e política do período.

From Science Magazine • May 26, 2022

The result is a large, permanent loss in output featuring persistently high unemployment, company liquidations and financial crise.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2020

Na tarde seguinte à crise da falta de medicamento, enquanto examinava os ultrassons da gravidez que mostravam o crânio subdesenvolvido de Daniel, Jaqueline encontrou uma foto dele sorrindo.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017

France has referred to la crise since the Mitterrand years – that’s a long time in freefall.

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2016

They too kept their house open and she said she had always a terrine de crise ready in her larders.

From My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

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