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Scotland don't just concede goals, they create calamities - the sort of slapstick defending that a player such as Vini Jr is waiting to take advantage of.

From BBC Jun. 25, 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

Databases such as Court Listener have a growing list of rulings on AI-generated calamities in the US courts.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

The calamities each couple faces spin out into a web of favors and coercion in this tale of broken systems and characters going to great lengths to get what they want.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

The problem at the root of such calamities is that humans evolved for millions of years in small bands of a few dozen individuals.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari



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