disastrous
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Wes Streeting, who resigned as UK health secretary this week, announced Saturday he will run to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister, after the party suffered disastrous local election results.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
After a disastrous conversation, Bear ends up making the wish himself, breaking the stick and wishing that Nikki would love him more than anyone else in the world.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
This is the second month in a row that wages have lost ground against consumer prices, following a disastrous March.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
McNamara’s quantitative cost-benefit-analysis approach to business had righted Ford’s postwar problems but proved disastrous when he tried to apply it to the Vietnam War.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Conventional electrodynamic theory demanded that a flying electron should very quickly run out of energy–in only an instant or so–and spiral into the nucleus, with disastrous consequences for both.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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