landslide
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Then last Sunday a student movement less than two years old won Serbia's parliamentary elections by a landslide.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Modest, diplomatic and with a strong political pedigree, 66-year-old Herzog was sworn in as Israel's president in 2021 after being elected by lawmakers in a landslide.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
When his center-right Tisza party won a landslide in the election, it was largely thanks to a groundswell of youth participation that delivered the highest electoral turnout in Hungary’s post-socialist history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
When the landslide hits the water, the momentum of millions of tons of rock is transferred into tsunami waves.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The landslide had come crashing away from the mountain, the lateral blast had exploded out the side, and a dark column was spewing tens of thousands of feet into the air.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Tibet and Nepal were also recently devastated by massive floods and landslides less than two months ago, unleashed by a glacier collapse, which killed at least 1,400 people.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The collapse at Tracy Arm demonstrates what could be possible for landslides.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
We believe there is an obvious role for alert systems, but only if scientists have a better understanding of where and when landslides are likely to occur.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Rain rates are probably going to be a quarter of an inch per hour or less, making debris flow and landslides unlikely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
There were wildfires out west, landslides on the other side of the world.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
“Even a moderate earthquake could cause a local-source tsunami from submarine landsliding in Monterey Bay,” public documents say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2025
“The weaker alluvial sediments can amplify shaking, and mountains are vulnerable to landsliding, including along the roads that lead to mountain villages.”
From National Geographic ● Sep. 11, 2023
"When the glaciers melted the sediment was no longer supported by the ice margins, so in places it can be susceptible to landsliding."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2020
Says Norge President Judson S. Sayre: "The way orders are landsliding, we could be sold out for the year by October 15."
From Time Magazine Archive
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