3
occurrence(noun, action, act, event, cause)
3
perplexity(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, anxiety)
3
point(noun, action, cause, pass, join)
3
push(disaster, circumstance, tragedy)
3
puzzle(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, anxiety)
3
risk(uncertainty, hazard, exposure, peril)
3
scrape(noun, trouble, fix, worry, pass)
3
threat(uncertainty, risk, hazard, exposure, peril)
3
trauma(noun, situation, disaster, catastrophe, calamity)
2
bust(noun, drop, decline, failure, slump)
2
casualty(noun, eventuality)
2
complication(noun, trouble, worry, difficulty, anxiety)
2
concern(noun, action, cause, thing, condition)
2
confrontation(noun, fight, conflict, situation, hostility)
2
core
2
critical situation(noun, expression, idiom, difficulty, disaster)
2
deadlock(noun, trouble, fix, difficulty, pain)
2
defining moment(noun, expression, twist, head, culmination)
2
distress(noun, trouble, fix, worry, pass)
2
downturn(noun, drop, decline, failure, slump)
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