tsunami

Example Sentences

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Others see the sea change as less a legal tsunami than a tidal cultural shift — one jurors in New Mexico and California are riding, not speaking into existence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

“We bear the brunt of everything. This is really a layered tsunami of hurt.”

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

The perils of a nuclear disaster seem relatively abstract compared to the very tangible horrors of an earthquake and tsunami.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Dangerously high radiation levels make removing melted fuel and other debris from the plant hit by a huge tsunami in 2011 the most daunting challenge in the decades-long decommissioning project.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

As they have for millennia, the residents of Tohoku have worked to memorialize those they lost—to preserve their memories of loved ones and create lasting reminders of the tsunami for future generations.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland