catastrophe
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He said he feared a new Nakba -- "catastrophe" in Arabic -- referring to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people at the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
"For some people it's a catastrophe and some things are not acceptable," he admits.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
"If there's no sewage, in three days there'll be an epidemiological catastrophe," said Gorkutsenko.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
These distant regions had experienced population growth before the catastrophe, but afterward, that growth stalled or even reversed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
What followed was the longest trial in the history of the Massachusetts courts, a trial almost as unique as the catastrophe that had caused it.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
According to Jordan, the results demonstrate that the effects of catastrophes are rarely straightforward.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
“They say that it’s impossible to live a happy life when all you see is burnt houses and catastrophes, especially when you walk through the streets with your kids.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
That didn’t stop catastrophes like the 2018 fire in the Sierra foothills that destroyed the town of Paradise and killed 85.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
In addition to such slow and uniform erosion, destruction also occurs through catastrophes large and small.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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