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catastrophe

[kuh-tas-truh-fee] / kəˈtæs trə fi /


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Today a large share of monthly spending disappears into medical premiums, deductibles and copayments that produce nothing visible unless catastrophe strikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

If Spielberg’s earlier UFO movies gave us awe, comfort and catastrophe, this one feels like an encounter of a fourth kind: What happens when the cover story breaks?

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

For many years, researchers supported what became known as the Toba catastrophe hypothesis.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Would it be a catastrophe if she left City, given they have spent 10 years building a squad capable of winning the WSL and now hope to go on to dominate?

From BBC • May 10, 2026

As is often the case just before catastrophe strikes, that Chicago summer Sunday morning was like any other, carrying no hint of the trouble ahead.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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