perfect storm

noun

: a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors

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And its golden age is essentially over – there’s a perfect storm in all relevant markets. —

Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025 The Minnesota Wild are getting a perfect storm of returns for Thursday evening against the Utah Hockey Club as both star forward Kirill Kaprizov and defenseman Jared Spurgeon have been activated from IR. —

John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 Instead, Brides is a low-key study of teenage alienation, detailing a perfect storm in which burgeoning emotions and frustrations get frighteningly out of hand. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025 Skyrocketing prices, limited inventory, and an older generation staying in their homes longer create a perfect storm. —

Cole Marting, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for perfect storm