calamity

In other words, a calamity for a young man with high self-esteem and considerable spy smarts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

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 ● Sep. 4, 2026

They plan for calamity and how they’d bounce back.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he had mobilised the entire government machinery to respond to the calamity.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

“I’m not sure whether they will be up to the challenge, considering the extent of the damage, but they have worked miracles in the past. I’m sorry this calamity befell us during your stay.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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 ● Aug. 30, 2026

Discounting wars, many of which also fail to unite citizenry, vast social and economic calamities don’t admit of any solution on which majorities of Americans agree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Organizations designed to worry about future calamities can be counted on to find new calamities to worry about.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

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

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