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
In a box opposite the royal box were two people, a man and a very young woman, who also in the crise of the opera were not looking at the stage.
From The Judgment House by Parker, Gilbert
All crises seemed distant in Chait’s prepared remarks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
McDonald’s, Chipotle and other restaurant giants have also faced food safety crises, and have had to toil to regain customers’ trust and business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It also sometimes stepped in to tide projects over during financial crises.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The airshow comes as the industry's expectations about Boeing are beginning to reset after a rocky period defined by safety crises, criminal probes and leadership shakeups.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
It was an uncomfortable time for Livermore, which was suffering through another in a long sequence of existential crises.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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