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game changer(expression, feature, state, change, moment)
10
crisis(noun, state, end, fix, pass)
10
zero hour(noun, expression, state, fix, pass)
8
climacteric(noun, trouble, change, fix, twist)
8
exigency(noun, state, trouble, change, pass)
8
landmark(noun, mark, sign, signpost, watershed)
7
climax(noun, trouble, change, end, twist)
6
juncture(noun, state, trouble, change, fix)
6
moment of truth(noun, expression, idiom, trouble, change)
6
contingency(noun, state, trouble, change, fix)
6
difference maker
6
emergency(noun, state, trouble, change, fix)
6
peak(noun, height, culmination, crisis, juncture)
6
pinch(noun, state, trouble, change, fix)
5
corner(noun, trouble, change, mess, situation)
5
crossroads(noun, state, twist, possibility, junction)
5
crux(noun, support, trouble, change, pass)
5
culmination(noun, trouble, change, end, twist)
5
head(noun, end, fix, decide, highlight)
5
pass(noun, state, trouble, change, fix)
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