calamities

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The suit was brought by relatives of Samya Stumo, who died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, the second of two MAX calamities that together claimed 346 lives.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The calamities each couple faces spin out into a web of favors and coercion in this tale of broken systems and characters going to great lengths to get what they want.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

To underline the obvious once more: The college football media ecosystem is not built to handle human calamities like this.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

They materialize in the kitchen year after year, radiating earnest goodwill, and yet somehow leave a trail of small calamities in their wake.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

We must settle the question of slavery’s extension now,” he told his daughter-inlaw, “otherwise it will stamp our National Character and lay a Foundation for calamities, if not disunion.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis