crise
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The result is a large, permanent loss in output featuring persistently high unemployment, company liquidations and financial crise.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2020
There was more to Peter’s crise than his worry about Patsy or growing distaste for his surreptitious assignment.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
France has referred to la crise since the Mitterrand years – that’s a long time in freefall.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016
The crisis was long abuilding, and a surprise to no one when it came: the only question was which of France's innumerable Cabinet crises would produce the crise de regime.
From Time Magazine Archive
When I got back I found W. smoking in a big arm-chair, quite pleased with his talk with Bismarck, who was most amiable, had at least no "crise de nerfs" while he was there.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
One of those crises is the city’s chronic problem with the homeless population.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
“The relative calm in the S&P 500 suggests that investors have learned that geopolitical crises have usually been good buying opportunities,” he told clients in a note on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Food-safety crises present all-encompassing challenges for restaurant companies, affecting everything from marketing and operations to legal and government affairs, industry experts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Such an outcome would rank among the largest humanitarian and economic crises in history.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
He spent his days in a borrowed office, working on a study of recent international crises that he hoped would be useful to government policymakers.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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