noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
desperate
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Without papal assistance, crown finances would have been in even more desperate straits than in fact they were.
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In desperate straits and full of misgivings, I decide to seek therapy.
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For those in desperate straits the line between superstition and saving faith is finely drawn.
dire
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For those in truly dire straits , bankruptcy is sometimes the only option.
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The result is a society that was in dire straits because its cannibalism turned against itself, involving even small children.
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Everton, to put it bluntly, are in dire straits .
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He had had little idea of the dire straits prevailing at Berwick nor that time had all but run out.
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Working with Dire straits has always been a vocation for me.
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It pull them in dire financial straits .
financial
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Museum für Moderne Kunst in financial straits after only one year FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN.
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Arnil finally decided to return to his wife but feels ashamed to do so because of his financial straits .
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Although he had many substantial patrons, Evesham may have been in financial straits in the mid-1620s.
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It pull them in dire financial straits .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be in dire straits
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Peggy realized what dire financial straits she was in when her husband died.
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The company is in dire financial straits.
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The team is in such dire straits they've even considered selling their three best players.
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Everton, to put it bluntly, are in dire straits.
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The result is a society that was in dire straits because its cannibalism turned against itself, involving even small children.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the Strait of Magellan
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beyond the strait it was expected that we might encounter enemy submarines.
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Everton, to put it bluntly, are in dire straits.
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Smugglers have been plying the straits for years.
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They were expelled, and replaced by an Athenian citizen colony, strategically placed to hold the straits of Artemision.