cataclysm
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According the legend, boy and girl twins born in Higashi Village on a day with equal parts day and night herald a cataclysm that only they can mend.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Since then, the media world has undergone a cataclysm, as billions of dollars in ad spending migrated from print to online.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
The frantic warnings of a Cosmic Weatherman go unheard as winter, confoundingly, follows spring, and summer arrives as a double cataclysm of fire and floods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Rangers' future is, in part, being determined by their past and their understandable fear of having another ownership cataclysm on their hands.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
According to the Big Bang theory, the universe came into being in one single moment—a cosmic cataclysm that gave birth to black holes, brown dwarfs, matter and dark matter, energy and dark energy.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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Break It Down: Cata
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