catastrophe
Example Sentences
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He called for a "swift response", including strengthening the capacity of staff to prevent Ituri "from descending into catastrophe".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Today a large share of monthly spending disappears into medical premiums, deductibles and copayments that produce nothing visible unless catastrophe strikes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
If Spielberg’s earlier UFO movies gave us awe, comfort and catastrophe, this one feels like an encounter of a fourth kind: What happens when the cover story breaks?
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
As more discoveries accumulate, many scientists now believe humans were far more adaptable than the original Toba catastrophe hypothesis suggested.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
As do black people dancing it out at rent parties, as do black people at their family reunions where we are regarded like the survivors of catastrophe.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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