as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
tensions between the two nations had risen to the breaking point
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Recent Examples of breaking point
For Lopez, 76, as for many childcare business owners, a precarious industry — made even more so by the pandemic — has hit a breaking point.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Does that imply that some sort of unforeseen trauma will keep him in scrubs and bring him to his breaking point?
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 13 Feb. 2025
Read the full Virgo Daily Horoscope Libra (September 23 - October 22)
At a breaking point?
—USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Still, the perception is one of a breaking point, from no less than franchise icon Dwyane Wade, who had his own contractual contretemps with Riley, Arison and the Heat over his Hall of Fame Heat career.
—Ira Winderman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Does that imply that some sort of unforeseen trauma will keep him in scrubs and bring him to his breaking point?
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 13 Feb. 2025
Read the full Virgo Daily Horoscope Libra (September 23 - October 22)
At a breaking point?
—USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Still, the perception is one of a breaking point, from no less than franchise icon Dwyane Wade, who had his own contractual contretemps with Riley, Arison and the Heat over his Hall of Fame Heat career.
—Ira Winderman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaking point
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As the government scrambles, President Evelyn Mitchell (Angela Bassett) enlists former President George Mullen (Robert De Niro) to lead a crisis response team dubbed the Zero Day Commission.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The agency, along with the region’s other transit agencies, is facing a looming financial crisis once federal COVID-19 relief funding runs out in 2026 and has been pushing for more public money.—
Sarah Freishtat,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Context Monday's report comes as tensions between the U.S. and Ukraine reached a boiling point after Friday's contentious White House meeting between Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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As the national debate over trans inclusion in girls' and women's sports has reached a boiling point in recent weeks, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has been uncharacteristically quiet on the issue.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Now, Maineri heads into year 12 with 18 pitchers on his roster, hoping that rising junior Caleb Gilbert and sophomore-to-be Zach Hess will emerge at the top of the pitching rotation.—
John Roach,
NOLA.com,
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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The report identified specific flash points, including cross-border water tensions, and said some countries could experience instability, including from straining food and energy systems.—
Somini Sengupta,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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And nearly a third of these counties settled their races by just over a point, meaning real estate woes turned these counties into political flash points.—
Jasmine Cui,
NBC News,
10 Nov. 2024
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“Breaking point.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaking%20point. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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