Sentence examples for a worst-case possibility from inspiring English sources

But I think that would be a worst-case possibility".

In a worst-case possibility, regulators could have destroyed Wall Street in order to save it -- insisting on trials that could have ruined its credibility permanently.

Sketching a worst-case possibility, he warned that if the Serb Republic declared independence, neighboring Croatia would respond by sending in troops, and Bosnian Muslims would take up arms.

Steve Leuthold of the Leuthold Group, a Minneapolis money management firm, calculated what he views as a worst-case possibility, in which the default rate sets a record and interest rates soar.

General Stanley McChrystal described the prospect of renewed internal conflict as a "worst-case possibility" which could be avoided provided the Afghan government received the backing it needed from its allies.

But even if it's not clear yet what, if anything, will be done to Social Security and when, we thought it would be useful to look at a worst-case possibility — to assume that benefits will not continue to be as generous.

Under the government's plan for the worst-case possibility, a pandemic flu could cause up to two million deaths in the United States.

Prices Surge and Spot Shortages Appear As Hurricane's Effects Reach Gas Pumps Days after Hurricane Katrina dealt a devastating blow to the nation's largest energy hub, the worst-case possibility was quickly becoming a reality: gasoline prices surging well above $3 a gallon, consumer complaints of price gouging and service stations in a handful of locations running out of gas.

The third and worst-case possibility is described as an environment of "widespread and systematic human rights violations, potentially amounting to genocide".

Initially, experts were concerned that a spill of this magnitude could create an environmental disaster in the downstream Danube, but the worst-case possibility appears to have been averted.

The Yankees' worst-case possibility unfolded as Pérez retired the first 10 hitters, and they never got to face a right-handed pitcher.