as in crisis
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action
when the situation reached the boiling point, the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard
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Recent Examples of boiling point
Perhaps ongoing quiet tensions have reached a boiling point.
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Sonal Jain, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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
Gossip in your squad is reaching a boiling point, urging you to create boundaries with friends.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Jones’ trial came as race relations in Los Angeles were reaching a boiling point.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Sonal Jain, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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
Gossip in your squad is reaching a boiling point, urging you to create boundaries with friends.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Jones’ trial came as race relations in Los Angeles were reaching a boiling point.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boiling point
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Bill undergoes a moral crisis when his path crosses with a wretched head nun (Emily Watson) at a convent that’s part of the notorious Magdalene Laundries — a place of severe abuse of women.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Election anxiety could be building, but crisis lines and other tools are available to listen and help out on Election Day and beyond.The Courier-Journal, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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The breaking point came after the 2020 election, when Trump refused to concede defeat and fought to remain in the White House by nullifying Joe Biden’s victory.Mike Lillis, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
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The systematic destruction in South Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and the southern suburbs of Beirut suggests that Israel hopes to displace more than a million Lebanese Shiites, with the ultimate aim of forcing Lebanese social tensions to the breaking point.Mohanad Hage Ali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
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There's always one shot that leaves a golfer shaking his or her head.Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 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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The Kapadia incident was the latest flash point between Grierson and the Jewish community.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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The company’s latest offer includes reinstating an annual bonus that averaged around 3.7% of wages and was dropped from the initial agreement, a flash point that striking Machinists cited repeatedly in interviews.Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2024
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