natural disaster

Example Sentences

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The central question is whether the Eastlands should have been prepared or if this was a natural disaster beyond all reckoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

And like a natural disaster, what emerged about Chavez was far worse than anyone could’ve expected.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

It is granted to people deemed to be in danger if they return to their home countries because of war, natural disaster or other extraordinary circumstances.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Because, for veterans of modern warfare, the question isn’t how to come to grips with something that befell us in the manner of a natural disaster.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

Mom will be back any second, and if we don’t know anything about Hurricane Floyd, she’s going to make us recite every international election and natural disaster from memory.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly