disaster
Example Sentences
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"The boating community, any disaster like this, everybody's helping each other," he said.
From BBC
Grieving mother Lee Hyo-eun returns every weekend to the airport where her daughter and 178 others died last year, desperate for the truth about South Korea's deadliest airline disaster.
From Barron's
"With Gaza's health system already destroyed, independent and experienced humanitarian organisations losing access to respond would be a disaster for Palestinians," a statement said.
From BBC
The natural disaster killed more than 640 people, and affected more than 10 percent of Sri Lanka's population.
From Barron's
Finally, where we were our disaster response had kind of completed itself.
From BBC
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