calamities

Example Sentences

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The suit was brought by relatives of Samya Stumo, who died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, the second of two MAX calamities that together claimed 346 lives.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The calamities each couple faces spin out into a web of favors and coercion in this tale of broken systems and characters going to great lengths to get what they want.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The calamities in the past two years, including a fatal magnitude 7.1 earthquake in 2024, have devastated the county's tourism industry, Ms Yang said.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

There is a way that these repetitive movements can ward off calamities, outfox deterioration, at least to a point.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025

And whatever extraneous influence the tannery may have exercised, the calamities of the land belong to it alone, born of wind and rain and weather, immensities not to be tempered by man or his creations.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya