disaster
Example Sentences
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"Those retailers that aren't abiding by their legal obligation won't do this, it won't be enforced, and ultimately consumers will go to that route to purchase which is a complete disaster," Saxton said.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
For a year, the families of the victims have lived with unanswered questions: what happened in the cockpit, why the aircraft lost thrust, whether the disaster was human error, mechanical failure or something else entirely.
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
More than 470,000 people on the Tohoku coast had been forced by the earthquake, tsunami, or nuclear disaster to leave their homes.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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