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apocalypse

[uh-pok-uh-lips] / əˈpɒk ə lɪps /


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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

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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