catastrophe
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"With the temperatures that you would get here that would lead to circumstances which would be really close to humanitarian catastrophe," De Croo said.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The August 26 catastrophe, a tsunami-like flood that began on the China-Nepal border, killed more than 1,400 people and left some 5,600 missing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Both companies started out with a mission of developing AI in a way that avoids catastrophe and have attracted many employees who share that mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
As the hyperscale build-out gathers pace, the dollar value of assets exposed to potential catastrophe is spiraling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
As do black people dancing it out at rent parties, as do black people at their family reunions where we are regarded like the survivors of catastrophe.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Economic losses from natural catastrophes worldwide are estimated to have reached $100 billion in the first half of this year, reinsurance group Swiss Re said Tuesday, a sharp decline from the period last year.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The movie is seeded with nods to Green Day lore, scripted over long sessions riffing with the band over its tour catastrophes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Don’t make discussions about decline or catastrophes, says Chia-Lin Simmons, CEO of LogicMark, a health-monitoring technology company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Titanic” made audiences understand why historic catastrophes are also intimate tragedies.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
She believed that just as the power of her mind could move the saltcellar on the table, she could also produce deaths, earthquakes, and other, even worse catastrophes.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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