1.   They watched it, silently, until the crisis passed its peak.

2.   And the crisis passed.

3.   Another crisis passed.

4.   Arriving at the United Nations late in the afternoon before the council meeting, he was asked if he was hopeful that the crisis had passed.

5.   But he expressed growing confidence that the crisis has passed.

6.   But no one believes the crisis has passed.

7.   But the tobacco piece finally aired in February, and the crisis passed.

8.   City commissioners may come and go, and new crises pass through municipal governments like the wind.

9.   Crises eventually pass.

10.   Eventually the crisis passed.