disaster
Example Sentences
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The big ones are raising the threshold for the federal government to get involved in disaster recovery and shrinking the National Flood Insurance Program.
From Slate • May 21, 2026
Federal disaster officials say that some toxic substances within the burn zone could have been deposited there long before the fire — the result perhaps of decades of burning leaded gasoline or lead paint.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
It’s a perennial pathogen, highly contagious and extremely deadly, and its occasional flareups could threaten a global disaster.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
“But each disaster is a teachable moment, and I’m afraid the defensive tone of this report suggests a limited institutional capacity to learn from bitter experience.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
About the only time they were together anymore was in the truck driving to a disaster.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Vocabulary lists containing disaster
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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Calamity, Catastrophe, and Crisis: Disaster Words
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