perfect storm
noun
: a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors
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Platforms like Red Note are a perfect storm for younger people, whose brains are still developing, particularly in areas like impulse control and critical thinking.
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Jason Snyder, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Experts have said no fire department in the world would have been able to take on such a perfect storm of conditions that resulted in LA’s devastating blazes – which have burned more than 40,000 acres, destroyed more than 12,000 structures and caused at least 24 deaths.
—Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
The Context The gusty northeast-to-east winds, combined with low humidity levels and dry vegetation, are creating a perfect storm for wildfire risk.
—Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
The wind, fires and terrain filled with bone-dry vegetation from lack of rain in the area had formed a perfect storm for the disaster, Crowl said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Jason Snyder, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Experts have said no fire department in the world would have been able to take on such a perfect storm of conditions that resulted in LA’s devastating blazes – which have burned more than 40,000 acres, destroyed more than 12,000 structures and caused at least 24 deaths.
—Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
The Context The gusty northeast-to-east winds, combined with low humidity levels and dry vegetation, are creating a perfect storm for wildfire risk.
—Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
The wind, fires and terrain filled with bone-dry vegetation from lack of rain in the area had formed a perfect storm for the disaster, Crowl said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Perfect storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20storm. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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