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eleventh hours

noun

plural of eleventh hour

as in crossroads

the latest possible time The killer's life was spared at the eleventh hour.

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Noun

With light rail plans possibly in the works, Atlanta is at a crossroads.

— Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026
In the way that Malta has long lived at the crossroads of Europe, so too does the characterful 17-room property.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of crossroads

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Pain, numbness or tingling in the lower extremities can point to an orthopedic issue, but the same sensations can also signal prostate cancer that has spread.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Police said the victims sustained gunshot wounds primarily to their extremities, including their arms and legs.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of extremities

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In the five years since the chaotic US withdrawal from Kabul and the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan has become home to one of the world’s worst human rights and humanitarian emergencies.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Since Tuesday, leaders in the region have declared seven different flash flood emergencies.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of emergencies

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Africa's most populous country will hold the election against a backdrop of worsening economic and security crises that have caused anger among voters against Tinubu's government.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
The sharp increase in the need for mental health services, along with the wave of police reforms, spurred departments nationwide to find better ways to respond to personal crises.

— Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of crises

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But in a state where numerous local cartels make money not only from drugs but also from extortion, there are plenty of possibilities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
However, these uses remain future possibilities, and the team plans to test how the material performs in device-relevant forms.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of possibilities

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Dart continued to dial Likely’s number Saturday, particularly in key situations.

— Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Still, despite not having many sensors, Tesla’s Grok chatbot — developed by Musk’s xAI, which merged with SpaceX earlier this year — also felt its brand has the superior system, which is true for many driving situations, at least for now.

— Michael Wayland, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of situations

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The intense temperature and pressure of the impact heated the moon's crust and mantle so much that many of the volatile elements present (volatiles are elements with low boiling points), including potassium, evaporated and escaped into space.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Thermodynamics drives selective recovery The researchers hypothesized that FJH combined with chlorine gas could exploit differences in Gibbs free energy and boiling points to selectively remove non-REE elements from magnet waste.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025

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