7
pressure(noun, trouble, fix, worry, pass)
7
situation(noun, state, action, act, change)
6
event(noun, action, cause, thing, experience)
6
quandary(noun, trouble, fix, worry, pass)
6
urgency(noun, fix, pass, difficulty, distress)
5
catastrophe(noun, action, act, thing, experience)
5
circumstance(noun, action, act, fix, event)
5
critical point(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, moment)
5
crossroads(noun, state, twist, possibility, junction)
5
depression(noun, trouble, decline, worry, difficulty)
5
impasse(noun, trouble, fix, difficulty, pain)
5
necessity(noun, fix, pass, difficulty, distress)
5
pickle(noun, trouble, fix, worry, pass)
5
trial(noun, difficulty, situation, disaster, catastrophe)
5
turn(noun, action, act, thing, experience)
5
zero hour(noun, expression, state, fix, pass)
4
conjuncture(noun, action, act, thing, experience)
4
case(noun, action, act, event, cause)
4
corner(noun, fix, difficulty, mess, situation)
4
height(noun, top, limit, importance, situation)
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