as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
with only three minutes left in the game, it was definitely crunch time
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But in crunch time, Fournier was the man who got the ball in the biggest moment of the game and put the Canadians away for good.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
Shippers are in crunch time as the Sept. 30 negotiation deadline nears.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Aug. 2024
With the summit over now, as of Friday crunch time rapidly approaches, as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made clear Wednesday.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
Further Reading The death march: the problem of crunch time in game development
After playing for about two hours and talking to the team behind the project, Cain said the VP asked him directly how long the demo needed to become a shippable game.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
Shippers are in crunch time as the Sept. 30 negotiation deadline nears.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Aug. 2024
With the summit over now, as of Friday crunch time rapidly approaches, as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made clear Wednesday.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
Further Reading The death march: the problem of crunch time in game development
After playing for about two hours and talking to the team behind the project, Cain said the VP asked him directly how long the demo needed to become a shippable game.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
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Despite their 24/7 availability, chatbots still struggle to accurately identify crisis situations.Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Stories in the American press have refuted that claim, and more directly implicated the Biden Administration in the crisis.Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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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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Delimitros said one of the truck’s side view mirrors struck her in the head, causing minor injuries.David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 July 2017
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But the plot strains credulity to the breaking point.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2024
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Here’s a closer look at how 23andMe reached this breaking point.Bruce Gil, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
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Perhaps ongoing quiet tensions have reached a boiling point.Sonal Jain, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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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
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As public benefits are a source of controversy in every election year, current proposals to give Medicare recipients long term care at home is certain to be a continuing political flash point.Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The outpost, a World War II–era ship called the Sierra Madre, which Manila intentionally grounded a quarter-century ago on the shallow reef known as Second Thomas Shoal, has emerged as an unlikely but critical flash point.Marites Dañguilan Vitug, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
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