as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
when the situation reached the boiling point, the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard
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Recent Examples of boiling point
Perhaps ongoing quiet tensions have reached a boiling point.
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Sonal Jain, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The debate over whether electric vehicle incentives are creating good-paying jobs is reaching a boiling point in some of the country's tightest races in a key battleground state.
—Daniel Moore, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
Gossip in your squad is reaching a boiling point, urging you to create boundaries with friends.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Jones’ trial came as race relations in Los Angeles were reaching a boiling point.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Sonal Jain, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The debate over whether electric vehicle incentives are creating good-paying jobs is reaching a boiling point in some of the country's tightest races in a key battleground state.
—Daniel Moore, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
Gossip in your squad is reaching a boiling point, urging you to create boundaries with friends.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Jones’ trial came as race relations in Los Angeles were reaching a boiling point.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boiling point
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Information about suicide warning signs and resources for people in crisis can be found at the end of this story.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Over the course of the four-hour training, people learn how to identify the signs, ask the right questions, be the most active listener and direct those in crisis to the proper resources to help keep them safe.Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Your simmering frustrations from the past month or two reach a bit of a breaking point early in the month before changing form, or perhaps putting you in a better position to actually do something about it in the coming weeks.Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
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However, things reached a breaking point in episode 8 when it was revealed that Stephen went off to do a sleep test one night, but ended up sexting another woman while there, despite being engaged to Monica.Joelle Goldstein, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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There's always one shot that leaves a golfer shaking his or her head.Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 19 July 2017
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Cal Fire representatives said the current parking mess has already impacted them because the driveway to their station enters the highway not far from the trail head.J. Harry Jones, Ramona Sentinel, 19 July 2017
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Many flash points remain along the border and could be reactivated at any time by Xi’s aggressive regime.Harsh V. Pant, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
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That flash point foretells an America becoming more polarized the hotter things get, more sharply divided between its rural and urban communities and more hateful and more dangerous.Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Boiling point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boiling%20point. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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