calamities
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Today he is 79, and wears the calamities of the past more lightly than most of us could ever imagine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But distant suburbs have not been immune to such calamities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Discounting wars, many of which also fail to unite citizenry, vast social and economic calamities don’t admit of any solution on which majorities of Americans agree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The suit was brought by relatives of Samya Stumo, who died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, the second of two MAX calamities that together claimed 346 lives.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Occasionally, bands wandered outside their turf and explored new lands, whether due to natural calamities, violent conflicts, demographic pressures or the initiative of a charismatic leader.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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