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calamity

[kuh-lam-i-tee] / kəˈlæm ɪ ti /


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A more immediate calamity could be fertilizer shortages as India, where two-thirds of the population is still rural, heads into its June-July planting season timed to the summer monsoon, Pramanik says.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Even for those not managing money, the financial and emotional rewards from predicting a calamity are large.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Nor did it comment on the root cause of the calamity.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Historic freezes in 1894 and 1895 nearly eradicated the industry, its first and last real brush with old-world calamity.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

A month later came a much more serious calamity.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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