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disaster

[dih-zas-ter, -zah-ster] / dɪˈzæs tər, -ˈzɑ stər /


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She will be desperate to avoid the disaster that befell hot men's favourite Ilia Malinin, who suffered a nightmare last week, slumping to an eighth-place finish.

From Barron's

But Shiffrin has been out of sorts and now heads into the slalom at real risk of leaving northern Italy with a repeat of her Beijing Olympics disaster four years ago.

From Barron's

The team focused on bananas, cassava, and cocoa pulp cultivated in soil affected by the disaster.

From Science Daily

“Now it’s going to be a disaster,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

They argue that the disaster changes suspended normal rules that limit when the IRS pays interest to taxpayers along with refunds.

From The Wall Street Journal