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This, for the Lakers, was a possible worst-case scenario on a night when they could lock up their best-case scenario for the playoffs.

“If they don’t have the caregiver that’s coming by to monitor their sugar in the morning, do the blood pressure readings ...” she said, “I don’t even want to think about the worst-case scenario. They will definitely be in a very, very, very bad situation.”

The mammoth settlement, which still needs to be approved by both the county claims board and county supervisors, is a billion dollars more than what county officials had anticipated as the worst-case scenario to resolve a flurry of lawsuits — and far more than other organizations notorious for allowing unchecked sex abuse have paid victims.

The government's official forecaster estimates that a worst-case scenario of a trade war, with 20% tariffs between the US and the rest of the world, could reduce UK economic growth by 1%.

In one, he warns a social worker his son "is at constant risk" and "it's only a matter of time before the worst-case scenario happens".