Martinsson and Steiner [MaSt25] proved for every $r \ge 1$ if $k$ is sufficiently large, depending
on $r$, there exist a graph $G$ with chromatic number $k$ such that every vertex is critical,
yet every critical set of edges has size $>r$.
[MaSt25] Martinsson, Anders and Steiner, Raphael, Vertex-critical graphs far from edge-criticality. Combin. Probab. Comput. (2025), 151--157
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