disaster
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Hillsborough Law campaigners, including those whose family members were killed in the 1989 disaster, welcomed the return of the bill to the Commons.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Zara has not publicly addressed the disaster pants, and if history is any guide, it won’t.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Reduction in provisioning was supported by reversal of management overlay that the company set aside to prepare for potential damage from Thailand’s southern flood disaster, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Management's communication remains a disaster across the board," he said, adding that shop stewards were organising meetings at which Blume would be expected to take questions from staff in person.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Dates inscribed on many of the coins provided the most conclusive proof of the time in which the ship had sailed and had met with disaster.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Modern networks are more resilient in disasters, an AT&T spokesman said, because they can be restored faster and are less vulnerable to damage and copper theft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Li Qiang, founder of China Labor Watch, a nonprofit organization, said the recent disasters reflect structural issues in the country’s manufacturing sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Without waste reduction at the source, ongoing sorting, and organic waste processing that can prevent methane gas from forming, there will always be the risk of environmental disasters occurring at landfills, he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Matejka notes that discounts are given to victims of natural disasters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Similar ecological disasters occurred on almost every one of the thousands of islands that pepper the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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