disaster
Example Sentences
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Keeping the Strait closed spells disaster for much of the world economy.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
When disaster strikes, many Americans face a near flip-of-the-coin chance that their home insurer will pay a claim.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
“That was an absolute disaster and yet we remember D-day as one of the great military triumphs in history,” Haig says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
"We need to deploy equipment and qualified, specialist medical staff as quickly as possible," Lieutenant General Johnny Luboya Nkashama told AFP on Friday, "to spare this province from disaster".
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Mom will be back any second, and if we don’t know anything about Hurricane Floyd, she’s going to make us recite every international election and natural disaster from memory.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing disaster
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