apocalypse
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The Argentine ranch where tech CEOs plan to ride out the apocalypse.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
She detested the East Coast avatars of apocalypse, like Nathanael West, who saw only doom and gloom in sunny L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
At its most extreme and troubling end, some believe they must stop an AI apocalypse by any means necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The apocalypse brothers remained unmoved as the game raged into the second half, Egypt retreating further as Mohamed Salah departed.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Wednesday led them all up some stairs, past life-sized models of the four horsemen of the apocalypse hanging from the ceiling, and they followed the signs to an early exit.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Yes, the details of the apocalypses I’ve researched throughout history can be tragic, and sometimes horrifying.
From Slate ● May 14, 2025
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
And apocalypses tend to force children to grow up faster, rather than slower.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2023
"There is a sort of orthodoxy that revels in the visions of apocalypses and refuses to fight the beast," says Dr. Nurgan.
From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Kleiser, Grenville
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