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apocalypse

[uh-pok-uh-lips] / əˈpɒk ə lɪps /


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At its most extreme and troubling end, some believe they must stop an AI apocalypse by any means necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

The apocalypse brothers remained unmoved as the game raged into the second half, Egypt retreating further as Mohamed Salah departed.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Before the latest peace agreement with Iran, there had been talk of an oil apocalypse, with some forecasts calling for prices of $150 a barrel or more.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

Lestat is slightly bored with existing yet curious to see whether his music, primarily plied on the Internet, can reach enough undead followers to hasten the vampire apocalypse known as The Great Conversion.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

If they are programmed to regulate human behavior according to today’s view of nature, we are surely in for apocalypse.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

But, far more often, I found that apocalypses brought out people’s creativity and determination.

From Slate May 14, 2025

"America is an infant," a French survivor says, "but here, we survived many apocalypses."

From Salon Sep. 10, 2023

The game has no guns, no Marios, no apocalypses.

From Seattle Times Jul. 13, 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

The book possibly includes older apocalypses which reflect earlier conflicts, but in its present form it apparently comes from the closing years of Domitian's reign.

From The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by Kent, Charles Foster




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