holocaust
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In the 1950s, it was a nuclear holocaust and in the 1960s a population bomb and deforestation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
His social commentary encompassed war, protests, ghetto life, police brutality, pollution, and nuclear holocaust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
The Brutalist tells the story of Hungarian immigrant and holocaust survivor László Tóth, who is trying to rebuild his life in post-war America through his work as an architect.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
As humans continue to encroach on our planet, we are driving a mass extinction that some experts call a "biological holocaust."
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2024
Rare is the human spirit that remains buoyant in a holocaust.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
There can be no more holocausts; no more genocides; no more Stalinist gulags.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2019
Not only are adults guilty of perpetrating the worst of human sins—wars, holocausts, famines—we over-25s aren’t always all that great at other supposedly “adult” activities, like thinking ahead and extending empathy to others.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2018
“We have to be aware of the fact that holocausts are still going on and that we must do our part to protect people from genocide,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2018
Sikhs have survived multiple holocausts, and served alongside allies in WWI and II.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2012
The smoke rose in a dark column, as in the holocausts of the old religion.
From Thais by Robert B. (Robert Bruce) Douglas
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