disaster
Example Sentences
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The disaster comes weeks after the New Glenn rocket failed a mission to deliver a communications satellite into the correct orbit, prompting an investigation.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
In most U.S. states, Indiana included, when a healthy tree falls onto a neighbor’s property during a storm or other natural disaster, each property owner is responsible for the damage on their own land.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Victims of 1984 industrial disaster still battle health effects from gas leak and an Indian judicial system that is called corrupt and uncaring.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
"The more time we lose, the closer we come to disaster."
From BBC • May 26, 2026
How can I make jokes, Jonathan wondered, when I’ve just lost everything I need to survive this disaster?
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Vocabulary lists containing disaster
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Calamity, Catastrophe, and Crisis: Disaster Words
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