we're at the zero hour, so someone has to make a decision
Recent Examples on the WebAs Pac-12 teams prepare for Week Two, the existential clock approaches zero hour.oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2022 Hiking through the emerald green canopy of the bosque, or riverside cottonwood forest, near downtown Albuquerque, Tricia Snyder, an advocate for WildEarth Guardians, believes zero hour has arrived for the Rio Grande. Jim Robbins, Wired, 25 June 2022 Biden's August deadline marks zero hour for the next phase of a larger international quest: to trace back the virus in order to hold the responsible parties to account, and to understand its inception in order to prevent the next one. Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2021 In Germany, some 3 million workers are being supported, with the government paying up to 60% of their net salary if they are temporarily put on shorter or zero hours. Masha Macpherson And David Mchugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2020 Major milestones in the emergency plan are performed according to a predetermined schedule in the hours and days leading up to the zero hour. Daniel B. Hess, CNN, 2 Sep. 2019 In Act Two, tensions continue to rise and reach their frightful climax at zero hour detonation. Paul Ross, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
from its being marked by the count of zero in a countdown