as in crisis
the latest possible time
The killer's life was spared at the eleventh hour.
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Recent Examples of eleventh hour
But Mayor Adams at the eleventh hour put the kibosh on those plans for this school year.
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
President-elect Trump previously advocated for a ban but has since flip-flopped, urging the court last month to pause the law at the eleventh hour.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
Two years later, when Napoli failed to secure a big-money sale for Victor Osimhen, Galatasaray offered the Nigerian a loan deal at the eleventh hour when Antonio Conte excluded him from the Azzurri's Serie A squad list following a long dispute with the player's agent.
—David Ferrini, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Acting at the eleventh hour, Congress avoided a U.S. government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution that funds the government through mid-March 2025.
—Bydavid Malakoff, science.org, 19 Dec. 2024
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
President-elect Trump previously advocated for a ban but has since flip-flopped, urging the court last month to pause the law at the eleventh hour.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
Two years later, when Napoli failed to secure a big-money sale for Victor Osimhen, Galatasaray offered the Nigerian a loan deal at the eleventh hour when Antonio Conte excluded him from the Azzurri's Serie A squad list following a long dispute with the player's agent.
—David Ferrini, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Acting at the eleventh hour, Congress avoided a U.S. government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution that funds the government through mid-March 2025.
—Bydavid Malakoff, science.org, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eleventh hour
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In Episode 5, the strongest of the five that critics screened for review, Dr. Watson cares for a twenty-something woman amid her increasingly challenging sickle cell crisis.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Martinez plans to examine what happens in cities that use the alternative approach of deploying mental health professionals and peer counselors on crisis calls rather than armed police.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Today, the agency works in more than 150 locations around the world, leads efforts to expand universal health coverage and directs the international response to health emergencies, from yellow fever to cholera and Ebola.—
Eve Brennan,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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But in 2022, Mr. Bukele declared a state of emergency to quell gang violence, and sent the military into the streets, arresting tens of thousands of people around the country, accusing them of gang ties or other crimes.—
Annie Correal,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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Symptoms of hypothermia include red skin, tingling sensations in the extremities and a core body temperature below 95 degrees.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Avalos showed up later that day at a hospital, where he was treated for wounds to his lower extremities.—
Harry Harris,
The Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Still, the possibility remained that a summit of leaders at the leftist regional CELAC body scheduled for Thursday could revive a unified anti-Trump bloc to push back against the deportations.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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The biggest uncertainty for the Fed this year is the potential affect of Trump's trade policies, particularly the possibility of new tariffs.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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There was also the matter of replacing seemingly irreplaceable cast members, in particular Coolidge, whose departure served as the climax of Season 2.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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The climax is a horrendous German burning of a village, as striking for its visual imagery as for its agitated music.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The whole situation was captured on Amazon’s Take Us Home documentary.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Voltaire's announcement about elections and his take on the security situation got immediate pushback in Port-au-Prince, where other politicians cast doubt on the possibility of holding a vote when the capital is still overrun by gangs.—
Jacqueline Charles Miami Herald (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
2 Feb. 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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Seventy garments and 30 accessories by a host of renowned designers are presented in this landmark show — the first fashion exhibition ever staged at the Louvre — with creations often hidden among the museum’s nearly 100,000 square feet of rooms and galleries.—
Lisa Klaassen and Serene Nourrisson,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Later on Thursday, the SEC made a landmark announcement, withdrawing an accounting rule that made institutional crypto adoption more difficult by forcing banks to treat bitcoin and other tokens as a liability on their balance sheet.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Eleventh hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eleventh%20hour. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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