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apocalypse

[uh-pok-uh-lips] / əˈpɒk ə lɪps /


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They discuss the exponential pace of AI development, what the big companies are or are not doing to protect humans from apocalypse, and the simultaneous governmental and industry cooperation that could help manage risks.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2026

“The Walking Dead” premiered on AMC in 2010, introducing audiences to the high-stakes world of a zombie apocalypse, and ran for 11 seasons.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

The film got three stars from Tim Robey, external at The Telegraph, who notes the film's "action interludes are more nonsensical than scary" and "provide momentary dumb fun when Scott's campfire apocalypse needs waking up".

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

"I felt a sense of the apocalypse this summer," said Cyril Chedeville, a 59-year-old from Bordeaux in southwestern France.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

The scene was apocalyptic, but...it was a calm apocalypse.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

But, far more often, I found that apocalypses brought out people’s creativity and determination.

From Slate May 14, 2025

"America is an infant," a French survivor says, "but here, we survived many apocalypses."

From Salon Sep. 10, 2023

The game has no guns, no Marios, no apocalypses.

From Seattle Times Jul. 13, 2023

Burns and his co-showrunner, Dorothy Fortenberry, argue that film and TV have their own version of the same problem: Climate apocalypses create immediate drama and character-level tension.

From Washington Post Mar. 17, 2023

The most influential were the "apocalypses," or "revelations" of the transcendental Kingdom and of the conditions and mode of its coming.

From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon




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