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danger(noun, disaster, risk, hazard, tragedy)
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distress(noun, trouble, fix, worry, pass)
5
event(noun, experience, amount, rate, possibility)
5
plight(noun, state, trouble, change, fix)
5
pressure(noun, trouble, change, fix, worry)
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push(noun, disaster, danger, circumstance, tragedy)
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quandary(noun, trouble, change, fix, disorder)
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stopgap(adjective, helping)
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troubleshooting
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zero hour(noun, expression, state, fix, pass)
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accident(noun, action, act, ruin, development)
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catastrophe(noun, action, trouble, act, change)
4
catastrophic event
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clutch(noun, fix, pass, difficulty, informal)
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fix(noun, state, trouble, pass, difficulty)
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hand brake(noun, expression, idiom)
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hole(noun, fix, difficulty, spot, mess)
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impasse(noun, trouble, change, fix, difficulty)
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jam(noun, state, trouble, fix, worry)
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makeshift
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