disaster
Example Sentences
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"It's not going to be as stellar as they would have hoped or it would normally be... but it's not an all-out disaster either," he said.
From BBC
The longer they flew, the more they exposed themselves to the potential for disaster.
From Literature
Gov. Bill Lee has made disaster declarations for 23 counties in the state and is seeking assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Leaving the "doting and loving grandmother" alone with 10 XL Bullies, banned in England just two days before the attack, was "a recipe for disaster", prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC said.
From BBC
Bringing the ongoing pain of the disaster into sharp relief, the Wallis public prosecutor announced that an 18-year-old Swiss national had died the day before in a Zurich hospital, raising the death toll to 41.
From Barron's
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