catastrophe

Consider how close the United States may have come to another economic catastrophe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

The End of Everything is set in the years after a mysterious catastrophe that caused British society as we know it to collapse.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

True enough, we are too predisposed to think of the ongoing human catastrophe in purely statistical terms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

The year is 1994, and for Usnavy, the protagonist of Achy Obejas’s novel, the Cuban Revolution’s promises of prosperity are a faith he clings to despite the catastrophe around him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Until that time, bad breath was not conventionally considered such a catastrophe.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Both men were re-elected after those catastrophes by electorates that apparently didn’t castigate them personally for the failures and supported their subsequent efforts to defeat the enemy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

According to Jordan, the results demonstrate that the effects of catastrophes are rarely straightforward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Now, a long-awaited independent investigation commissioned by Gov. Gavin Newsom provides the most frank and in-depth review of the Jan. 7, 2025 catastrophes, and points out multiple shortcomings in governmental planning and response.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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

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