calamities
Example Sentences
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But distant suburbs have not been immune to such calamities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Scotland don't just concede goals, they create calamities - the sort of slapstick defending that a player such as Vini Jr is waiting to take advantage of.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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
To underline the obvious once more: The college football media ecosystem is not built to handle human calamities like this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
He wondered what other calamities he was yet to learn of.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
