looming crisis
1crisis — cri‧sis [ˈkraɪss] noun crises PLURALFORM [ siːz] [countable, uncountable] 1. a period of great difficulty, danger, or uncertainty, especially in politics or economics: • Opposition leaders accused the president of ignoring the country s growing… …
2crisis — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, grave, major, serious, severe, terrible, worst ▪ the worst economic crisis for fifty years ▪ …
3looming — adj. Looming is used with these nouns: ↑crisis, ↑disaster, ↑recession, ↑shortage, ↑showdown, ↑spectre …
4Subprime mortgage crisis — Part of a series on: Late 2000s financial crisis Major dimensions …
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72000s energy crisis — This article is about the causes and analysis of the relatively high oil prices of the 2000s. For discussion of the effects of the crisis, see Effects of the 2000s energy crisis. For a chronology of oil prices during this time, see 2003 to 2011… …
8Water crisis — For other uses, see Water crisis (disambiguation). Deforestation of the Madagascar Highland Plateau has led to extensive siltation and unstable flows of western rivers. Water crisis is a general term used to describe a situation where the… …
9Subprime crisis impact timeline — The subprime crisis impact timeline includes government laws, regulations and entities and their effect on private institutions; information and statistics about governmental and private activities and trends; and details of important incidents,… …
10Third Taiwan Strait Crisis — The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1995 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis or the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was the effect of a series of missile tests conducted by the People s Republic of China in the waters surrounding Taiwan including… …
