important; momentous; essential; principal; major
major incident; major happening; big scandal
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
plural; multiple; several
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
genuine; authentic; true; real
incident; affair; happening; event
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to collect; to assemble; to gather
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
leadership; initiative; spearhead
task force; response team; squad; unit
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
I see; that's right; indeed
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
preparation; provision; guarding
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
prevention; precaution; protection against
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
large number (of); many; majority
participation; joining; entry; adherence
various countries; various regions; various provinces
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
geopolitical; geostrategic
confrontation; opposition; antagonism