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zero hour

noun

Definition of zero hour

as in crisis

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action we're at the zero hour, so someone has to make a decision

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Recent Examples of zero hour Nevertheless, this is an improvement on the zero hours that (many) men were doing 50 years ago. — Meg Walters, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2025 The King video marked the zero hour for new forms of activism using cameras. — Will Potter july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025 She's stopped, however, when Derringer and Clarke burst in at the zero hour, giving impassioned speeches about the importance of the alliance. — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 July 2025 The course will feature the same curriculum as other PE courses, East Aurora High School Principal Jennifer Mitchell said at a curriculum meeting in May, but will be offered during zero hour for the first time next year. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025 Fighting, however, continued up to the zero hour, with Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon far into the night. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024 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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After coming into power, the Malian military junta expelled French forces from the country in 2022, citing protection of national sovereignty and a worsening security crisis.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Migration is a sensitive issue across Europe, where right-wing parties have surged in the decade since a 2015 crisis when more than a million people crossed the continent mainly on foot and sought asylum, most fleeing war in Syria.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

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