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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In Episode 5, the strongest of the five that critics screened for review, Dr. Watson cares for a twenty-something woman amid her increasingly challenging sickle cell crisis.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025 -
He was sworn into office less than two months ago and has responded to one catastrophic crisis after another ever since.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
26 Jan. 2025
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Sutton followed Hylton-Brown into a narrow alley, turned off his car’s emergency lights and siren and accelerated.—
Janelle Griffith,
NBC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Over the past two weeks, the group’s team of five emergency vets — including several others loaned out by other shelters — have been working around the clock tending to the numerous animals injured in the blazes.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Symptoms of hypothermia include red skin, tingling sensations in the extremities and a core body temperature below 95 degrees.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Avalos showed up later that day at a hospital, where he was treated for wounds to his lower extremities.—
Harry Harris,
The Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2025
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With this development, medium- and heavy-duty EVs are a possibility across the industry, supporting Maryland’s sustainable transportation priorities and its climate pollution reduction plan.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Jan. 2025
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The biggest uncertainty for the Fed this year is the potential affect of Trump's trade policies, particularly the possibility of new tariffs.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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There was also the matter of replacing seemingly irreplaceable cast members, in particular Coolidge, whose departure served as the climax of Season 2.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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The climax is a horrendous German burning of a village, as striking for its visual imagery as for its agitated music.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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When corporate leaders make decisions in a vacuum, communications teams are left scrambling to create strategies at the eleventh hour or sometimes even after the fact.—
Nick Karoglou,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Unless something changes at the eleventh hour, the ban appears set to take effect on Jan. 19.—
Alix Martichoux,
The Hill,
18 Jan. 2025
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To mark the milestone, The New Yorker is digitizing its full archive, opening new pathways into a hundred years of great reporting, Profiles, fiction, and humor.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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Robbie Williams has secured a huge milestone on the U.K. Album Charts.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
24 Jan. 2025
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Fighting, however, continued up to the zero hour, with Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon far into the night.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
27 Nov. 2024
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English learners can attend a specialized class for learning to speak and write can be accomplished with a before-school (zero hour) or after-school period.—
Madeleine Parrish,
The Arizona Republic,
8 Oct. 2024
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