apocalypse
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Loss of control: The AI apocalypse is closer than you think.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Italian football journalist James Horncastle said: "It was called apocalyptic the first time they missed out. I don't know what stage of the apocalypse we are in now."
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
The prevailing wisdom, according to Mr. Hazzard, was: “You don’t bring the zombie apocalypse to a place that doesn’t have the zombies.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
It spiked in shafts through the apocalypse of smoke and dust as the citadel’s new center of gravity readjusted to the three remaining supports.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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