calamity
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George Joseph came of age during the Great Depression, a calamity that left with him with a stated desire to always have plenty of work to do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Shareholders are claiming the pop star failed to fulfil promises that she would be "actively building" the brand, saying her "abject dereliction of her duties" has left the company in a "state of financial calamity".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
They plan for calamity and how they’d bounce back.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Modern historians must try to reconstruct the nature, extent and consequences of this horrific calamity from anguished and often contradictory reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
When Hurricane Ivan hit coastal Alabama and blew chaos and calamity into Marsha's life, she thought things were as bad as they could get.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Both men led the county through historic calamities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
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
No away fans, calamities in Europe and Derek McInnes' Old Firm debut as a manager.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
But distant suburbs have not been immune to such calamities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
I found myself wondering how many atoms from the same calamities out there in the universe our bodies shared.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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