calamity
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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 â Sep. 4, 2026
They plan for calamity and how they’d bounce back.
From MarketWatch â Jul. 12, 2026
Modern historians must try to reconstruct the nature, extent and consequences of this horrific calamity from anguished and often contradictory reports.
From The Wall Street Journal â Jun. 12, 2026
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he had mobilised the entire government machinery to respond to the calamity.
From BBC â Jun. 9, 2026
He was a veteran, meeting every calamity with a cheerful steadiness.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Today he is 79, and wears the calamities of the past more lightly than most of us could ever imagine.
From The Wall Street Journal â Sep. 17, 2026
To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.
From Los Angeles Times â Aug. 30, 2026
Roberts warned of the "calamities that could arise" if presidents were able to impose their will on the Federal Reserve.
From BBC â Jun. 29, 2026
AI bots, like them or not, are being perfected as personal AI coaches, encouragers, even therapists to counter that voice in your head, especially about climate calamities.
From The Wall Street Journal â Jun. 21, 2026
Occasionally, bands wandered outside their turf and explored new lands, whether due to natural calamities, violent conflicts, demographic pressures or the initiative of a charismatic leader.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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