Hurricane Sandy struck one of the biggest car-buying regions at the worst time of the month possible.
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Others adjusted their portfolios at the worst possible time, selling stocks when they should have been buying.
Joan Herbig got the promotion of a lifetime at the worst possible time.
And the very best students, even at the worst schools, have more opportunities.
At the worst performing hospital 23% of staff said they had been bullied.
Further, because human psychology over millennia never changes, the really large fund redemptions will come at the worst of times.
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Trading began at the worst possible moment, as internet and technology stocks around the world began to take a dive.
Mr Miliband said the chancellor was the "wrong man, in the wrong place, at the worst possible time for the country".
At the worst, they give cover to governments that would rather avoid the hard choices they ultimately will have to make.
It has come at the worst time for the struggling Japanese economy.
Like so many who spoke to CNN, McCann has found that little things can help conquer the disease at the worst moments.
Scottish Conservative local government spokeswoman Margaret Mitchell said the Scottish government's plans were "damaging a vital sector at the worst possible time".
Because the attacker is trying to create maximum disruption, attacks are most likely to occur at the worst possible time for the victim.
And although high-frequency trading may make markets less volatile in normal times, it may add to the turbulence at the worst possible moment.
At the worst of times, working with whatever data happen to be available, they resemble a drunk looking for his keys under the lamppost.
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It is our first home defeat of the season and we did it in the worst possible manner and at the worst possible moment.
"It was like looking at the worst movie set you could imagine, " Gov. John Hickenlooper said after flying over the 9-square-mile fire late Tuesday.
In these boroughs, only four out of 10 pupils achieve five good GCSEs, and at the worst 40 schools, less than a quarter of pupils do so.
His reform team has deflated the bureaucracy, sacked teachers at the worst-performing schools, and demanded that students actually learn things before being promoted to the next grade.
Richard Dodd from the British Retail Consortium said the export ban had come at the worst time for the industry, resulting in farmers missing out on European markets.
At best, forgiveness is a two-way street, and I just don't think people should be told, you're stuck at the worst point in your life if you don't forgive.
That's a fundamental change from the late 1990s, when oil companies like BP and ExxonMobil owned big petrochemical operations that tended to add capacity at the worst possible time.
If we allow that tax cut to expire -- if we refuse to act -- middle-class families will get hit with a tax increase at the worst possible time.
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"They've been aware of it for the past few months, so hopefully people have been making other plans to get routes that can avoid this at the worst times, " he said.
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It was kind of like a lottery ticket, with a long time until the ticket would be drawn, and at the worst some remainder value on my ticket if I lost.
Investment-grade bonds at one point during the day were suffering a deeper selloff than at the worst of the Lehman Brothers crisis, according to Tim Backshall, chief strategist at Credit Derivatives Research.
It should have been 6-3 at the worst.
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