perfect storm
noun
: a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors
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The airline industry has been hamstrung by a perfect storm of challenges over recent weeks, from labor shortages and supply disruptions to rising fuel prices.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
For the time being, the three forces are aligned and mutually reinforcing, overlapping in the center of a MAGA Venn diagram to create a perfect storm in American government.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
The combination of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy creates a perfect storm.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Bitcoin has surged over the last year, with the bitcoin price soaring to record highs as a perfect storm of Washington DC and Wall Street collide.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
For the time being, the three forces are aligned and mutually reinforcing, overlapping in the center of a MAGA Venn diagram to create a perfect storm in American government.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
The combination of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy creates a perfect storm.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Bitcoin has surged over the last year, with the bitcoin price soaring to record highs as a perfect storm of Washington DC and Wall Street collide.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Perfect storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20storm. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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