catastrophe
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He said he feared a new Nakba -- "catastrophe" in Arabic -- referring to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people at the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
"For some people it's a catastrophe and some things are not acceptable," he admits.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Through Mr. Smith’s skillful use of this and many other primary sources, Mignon Langnas joins her fellow diarists Anne Frank and Victor Klemperer as eyewitnesses to catastrophe and witnesses for posterity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"If there's no sewage, in three days there'll be an epidemiological catastrophe," said Gorkutsenko.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
When a catastrophe happens, “you’re desperate for information,” said Janine Krippner.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
According to Jordan, the results demonstrate that the effects of catastrophes are rarely straightforward.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
He also called for "speedy incident reporting, classification, and reporting protocols so the world can learn from failures before they become catastrophes".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Florida’s orange growers have faced a number of catastrophes over the years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Tuesday’s scene was a mixture of confusion and chaos, with first responders fanned out across two catastrophes and television news teams desperately trying to find out whether their journalists were safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The first tremor of the earthquake lasted nearly a minute and was the strongest that had ever been recorded in that country of catastrophes.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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