| endangerment(uncertainty, risk, hazard, exposure, peril) |
| entanglement(noun, difficulty, situation, disaster, catastrophe) |
| epoch(noun, the present time) |
| exigence(noun, demand, need, decide, necessity) |
| flash point(noun, moment, safety, politics) |
| fundamental |
| hardship(noun, trouble, fix, pass, difficulty) |
| hazard(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) |
| imperativeness(fix, pass, distress, demand, need) |
| jeopardy(uncertainty, risk, hazard, exposure, peril) |
| landmark(noun, point) |
| menace(uncertainty, risk, hazard, exposure, peril) |
| milestone(noun, action, act, twist, thing) |
| peril(uncertainty, risk, hazard, exposure) |
| point of no return(noun, expression, idiom, twist, situation) |
| recession(noun, drop, decline, failure, slump) |
| recovery |
| showdown(noun, fight, conflict, hostility, confrontation) |
| state(noun, pass, difficulty, mess, situation) |
| stew(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) |