catastrophe
Example Sentences
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Barring a catastrophe, the benchmark index will post its third consecutive annual gain, bringing its total rise over that period to 80%.
From Barron's
What we have, instead, is a Parisian pageant, energetically rearranging how some things looked in a few precious years between the catastrophes of the two world wars.
The “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2025,” like its many predecessors, is humming with catastrophe, a virtual Santa’s workshop of traumatic events.
In most years, these are among the costliest catastrophes for insurers.
In Hollywood depictions of catastrophe, people tend to panic, scream and clog the exits.
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