calamity
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The world has regularly obliged by rushing to buy Treasury debt at a lower yield than before the calamity because of the risk-free securities’ haven status.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
It was a prelude to the chaos and calamity that was to come this season.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
On Sunday, one club could go a long way to saving their season and edging the other towards the drop as crisis meets calamity.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
Then, just after the calamity of World War II, in a remote corner of eastern France, he moved Modernism’s goal posts with a single, eccentric, transcendent project.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
“I’m new to the area. Just arrived. Chose this spot. Thought it was least likely to bring calamity and destruction upon myself, but you never know for sure, do you?”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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