catastrophe
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"But the money was meant to avoid a civilian catastrophe - that is the only reason."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
But authorities and industry insiders are now questioning whether the airline’s fast growth contributed to last week’s near catastrophe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier credited Machchhar, as well as the flight's passengers, with averting catastrophe.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Wrightwood residents are used to pulling together to face catastrophe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
This made him doubly upset, for what a catastrophe that would have been!
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
“They say that it’s impossible to live a happy life when all you see is burnt houses and catastrophes, especially when you walk through the streets with your kids.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
In June, Anthropic published steps it thinks governments should take to mitigate potential catastrophes from AI, including biological resilience measures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
AI optimists are confident the technology is just being tested and monitored enough that humans can prevent it from consistently causing catastrophes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He was a fugitive from all the plagues and catastrophes that had ever lashed mankind.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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