apocalypse
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He tells the BBC the film portrays "the human condition", with the characters living in "the apocalypse" but "still looking for something else and hoping for something else".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
On the pending job apocalypse, Mr. Altman said, “I’m delighted to be wrong about that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
These odd phenomena convinced ancient cultures that eclipses were signs of the apocalypse -- or messages from the gods.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Argentine ranch where tech CEOs plan to ride out the apocalypse.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
"Nergal has brought on the apocalypse, and you're talking about herbal remedies. This isn't like treating a cold with a slice of lemon."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Yes, the details of the apocalypses I’ve researched throughout history can be tragic, and sometimes horrifying.
From Slate ● May 14, 2025
So I decided that I needed to give this class to my students, because they needed to know that apocalypses have been around for thousands of years, and nothing ever happens.
From Salon ● May 22, 2024
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 of Revelation Seeing that so many good Christians are perplexed by the apocalypses, we shall close this chapter with a brief study of the book of Revelation.
From What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul by Richard la Rue Swain
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