apocalypse
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One theory describes an almost complete apocalypse, with human populations abruptly disappearing from areas closest to the eruption.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
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
Inside Berkeley’s tallest office building, a small community of AI researchers has been mobilizing to save the world from apocalypse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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
“Great. So, when is this apocalypse set to occur?”
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
Yes, the details of the apocalypses I’ve researched throughout history can be tragic, and sometimes horrifying.
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
Another prolific source of apocryphal gospels, acts and apocalypses was Gnosticism.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
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