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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Noun
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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 -
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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As long as an old cell phone is functional, it can be used in an emergency.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Our crew declared an emergency and returned safely to Newark.—
Bethany Braun-Silva,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2025
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There are ways to help combat these effects, from compression cuffs to keep blood in the lower extremities, to certain medicines to reduce the risk of kidney stones.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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But the leafy carrot extremities can make for an excellent herby additive, and beet tops can be cooked down like greens.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2025
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What makes the possibility of Ovechkin breaking Gretzky’s goal record this season so special is that Ovechkin would be doing it at the same seasonal rate as Gretzky did.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
6 Mar. 2025
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However, Lutnick appeared to rule out the possibility that Trump would lift the tariffs entirely.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2025
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Higher, faster, changing keys, breaking off into riffs and climaxes.—
Anelise Chen,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2025
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At several points, the action pauses and an ensemble of actors in Edwardian dress scatters around the deck in panic, wearing Titanic-style life vests that foreshadow the play’s catastrophic climax.—
Houman Barekat,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The group then marched to CUNY’s City College in Harlem, where Gov. Hochul was scheduled to speak at a workforce event that was called off at the eleventh hour.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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The development follows a week after more than 1,000 NASA employees were saved from dismissal at the eleventh hour from Trump administration moves to downsize the federal workforce.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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From Paul Newman’s 40th in 1965 to Scarlett Johansson’s 30th in 2014 and Roger Federer’s yearly family gatherings, Moët has marked some of the most memorable milestones.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
1 Mar. 2025
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Despite the stinging nature of Boston's 123-116 defeat on its home parquet, Tatum's night included more milestones.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 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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