apocalypse
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The satire from director Alejandro González Iñárritu about an impending climate change apocalypse has divided critics, yielding very mixed reviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Artificial intelligence is pitched as a potential economic powerhouse—and also a potential bringer of the apocalypse.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
Critics and audiences responded in turn, taking an immediate shine to Bryan’s doofiness and contrasting it with Alice’s purposeful, goal-oriented approach to a zombie apocalypse.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
She sent Grace off with three crates of supplies, which her daughter described as being "stocked for the apocalypse just in case anything went awry".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
You could see others poking their heads out of the windows, trying to understand why the track looked like an apocalypse movie.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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But, far more often, I found that apocalypses brought out people’s creativity and determination.
From Slate ● May 14, 2025
The game has no guns, no Marios, no apocalypses.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
They weave climate apocalypses, time travel and virtual reality with Yoruba mythology, Amazonian deforestation and ayahuasca-inspired psychedelic plants.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
Burns and his co-showrunner, Dorothy Fortenberry, argue that film and TV have their own version of the same problem: Climate apocalypses create immediate drama and character-level tension.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023
Forests are apocalypses, and the beating of the wings of a tiny soul produces a sound of agony beneath their monstrous vault.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
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