disaster

Example Sentences

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"Sri Lanka was just coming out of another disaster -- Cyclone Ditwah -- and the government imposed a state of emergency to deal with that."

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Those might include establishing a federal reinsurance program that shares natural disaster risks with insurers, or covering the risk itself similarly to how the National Flood Insurance Program works.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It insured more people affected by the Los Angeles wildfires than any other company, according to its website, and the disaster pushed its California unit to the brink of collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

"I don't know much about football, but that's a bit of disaster, isn't it?"

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Being magic sounded like a mountain of disaster.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff