calamity

George Joseph came of age during the Great Depression, a calamity that left with him with a stated desire to always have plenty of work to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Some survivors of the deadly floods on the Nepal-China border ran for their lives, others narrowly missed disaster, but all were eyewitnesses to a major calamity and its aftermath.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

They plan for calamity and how they’d bounce back.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he had mobilised the entire government machinery to respond to the calamity.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

His ears leaned sidelong off his head like holstered pistols, and above them waved a calamity of black hair that mortified him.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

"Since this region has seen calamities in the past as well, these are certainly symptoms of a deeper underlying cause -- whether climate change or other factors," he said on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Scotland don't just concede goals, they create calamities - the sort of slapstick defending that a player such as Vini Jr is waiting to take advantage of.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Discounting wars, many of which also fail to unite citizenry, vast social and economic calamities don’t admit of any solution on which majorities of Americans agree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Organizations designed to worry about future calamities can be counted on to find new calamities to worry about.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

My life has been 101 calamities with at least half of them in the marriage department, but finally I got lucky in love, with Remy Fairley.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver