Because that's kind of the worst-case situation you could envision.

Take a worst-case situation - let's say he made some kind of mistake, maybe compounding another.

The last 2% of the guarantee represents holidays and other worst-case situations.

Then I gave him the worst-case situation: an assumption that one of the five should crack.

The values of stopping sight distance used in design represent a near worst-case situation.

A. In a worst-case situation, the potential taxation of distributions could be close to 75 percent.

But she said they were weighing the possibility, which would be "the worst-case situation."

With most computer programs, this lurid worst-case situation is virtually impossible.

Still, public health experts say it would be irresponsible not to prepare for a worst-case situation.

"The existing levee is too low for the worst-case situation," said the environmental man.