disasters
Example Sentences
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She said fossil fuel companies need to help mitigate the disasters and pay for the harm to communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The August 26 flood has become one of the deadliest disasters to hit the Himalayan nation in recent years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The executives said their companies needed additional protection from wildfire costs because utility investors faced higher financial risks from such disasters in California than in other states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
She added the region was used to natural disasters, but that no one had expected flooding on this scale.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The archive reflects the human need to document every deed and directive, to place a veil of administrative tidiness over the disorder of famines and plagues and natural disasters and crimes and wars.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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