cataclysm
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Despite the scale, no known human witnessed the cataclysm.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The economic cataclysm caused by artificial intelligence may never come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
We, on the other hand, will be long gone by then, shriveled by some far more minor cataclysm like the fragile little primates we are.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025
Throughout 150 years of boosterism, through our latest cataclysm of fires, the palm tree image makes visual geolocation instant and easy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
He pushed on the main door with his shoulder and the worm-eaten wooden frame fell down noiselessly amid a dull cataclysm of dust and termite nests.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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