calamity
Example Sentences
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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
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 second friendly defeat in four days was no calamity since it came on the back of an admirable performance, unworthy of booing.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
In keeping with this trippy, but utterly wonderful, championship, Duhan van der Merwe is also out, a loss that would have been seen as an absolute calamity not that long ago.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
When Hurricane Ivan hit coastal Alabama and blew chaos and calamity into Marsha's life, she thought things were as bad as they could get.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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