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What are dire straits?

What are dire straits? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A difficult position
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Schools in this country, in the government system now are in dire straits in many cases.
Seeing local hospitals in dire straits, she convinced British drug manufacturers to donate medicine, which she later took to Russia.
That leaves county schools in dire straits, with many already having to unravel established teaching practices.
Anyone in dire straits because of the floods should turn to the official appeal for help.
Much of the money at the moment is poured into the primary sector in health, leaving the secondary sector in dire straits.
Folk were in dire straits and because it was my home territory, I understood.

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