catastrophe
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True enough, we are too predisposed to think of the ongoing human catastrophe in purely statistical terms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Britain's centuries-old parliament is at risk of a "Notre Dame-like" fire or other catastrophe if lawmakers continue to put off a major restoration project, MPs warned Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Streeting "issues checklist for coping after catastrophe" and to "be prepared with 3 days of supplies", the Times reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
A question that hangs over “The Mothers of Kherson” is what it means to make art about adversity in the middle of catastrophe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
I asked, my near catastrophe with Deoch having sharpened my anxiety.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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Both men were re-elected after those catastrophes by electorates that apparently didn’t castigate them personally for the failures and supported their subsequent efforts to defeat the enemy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
According to Jordan, the results demonstrate that the effects of catastrophes are rarely straightforward.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
He also called for "speedy incident reporting, classification, and reporting protocols so the world can learn from failures before they become catastrophes".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
AI optimists are confident the technology is just being tested and monitored enough that humans can prevent it from consistently causing catastrophes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
She believed that just as the power of her mind could move the saltcellar on the table, she could also produce deaths, earthquakes, and other, even worse catastrophes.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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