catastrophe
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Wrightwood residents are used to pulling together to face catastrophe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Around 631,000 years ago — a geological blink of an eye — catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Hindenburg catastrophe marked the end of Zeppelins’ mastery of the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"It's not a catastrophe or a disaster," said Carrick.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Jason, Hazel, and Frank had returned to the scene of the catastrophe, hoping to dig through the rubble and find a way to save Percy and Annabeth, but they’d come back demoralized.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
He also called for "speedy incident reporting, classification, and reporting protocols so the world can learn from failures before they become catastrophes".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tuesday’s scene was a mixture of confusion and chaos, with first responders fanned out across two catastrophes and television news teams desperately trying to find out whether their journalists were safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The August 26 disaster, one of Nepal's worst climate-linked catastrophes, brought grief but also anger.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Any beat in catastrophes would imply upside relative to guidance, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The first tremor of the earthquake lasted nearly a minute and was the strongest that had ever been recorded in that country of catastrophes.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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