This is a ___ to the cleaning crew: you do an amazing yet totally unappreciated job. It's time you got some well-deserved credit.

You've been working overtime for a few weeks and haven't had enough free time to recharge your batteries. As you quietly lose the will to live, you realise you are suffering from __

I wrote an essay last week, and I failed. But the teacher forgot to add her __, so I don't really know or understand what went wrong.

He thought it was his image that was holding him back in showbiz, so he tried a ___

"A ___ occurs when one company makes a successful bid to assume control of or acquire another. ... [They] are also commonly done through the merger and acquisition process" (From Investopedia)

Another word for "babies" or "children" that can apply to humans, but also animals

I'm not liking what the weather ___ is for the following days. Rain, rain, and more rain.

It was an insanely close and exciting match. The __ was a win for Nadal.

Another word for "result" is

My uncle is a war vet. What people don't realise is that many war survivors have awful PTSD. My uncle keeps getting these ___ where he relives the moment his entire squad was ambushed and killed.

When a virus escapes the confines of a region we talk about ___

The concert was ruined. I mean, it was open air, and suddenly the heavens opened and we were drenched in the worst __ you can imagine.