calamity

In other words, a calamity for a young man with high self-esteem and considerable spy smarts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

"Their own reports repeatedly highlighted it. But they did not take any preventive steps, did not demand stringent checks and balances, nor were they prepared for a calamity they knew could occur," he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

George Joseph came of age during the Great Depression, a calamity that left with him with a stated desire to always have plenty of work to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The explanation for the calamity has evolved since it struck, but appears linked to a collapsing glacier.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Finally he realized all that urgent loud noise was coming from outside his dreams in the real world, heralding another calamity, no doubt, and with a fatalistic whimper the volunteer awoke.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Today he is 79, and wears the calamities of the past more lightly than most of us could ever imagine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

But distant suburbs have not been immune to such calamities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Scotland don't just concede goals, they create calamities - the sort of slapstick defending that a player such as Vini Jr is waiting to take advantage of.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Discounting wars, many of which also fail to unite citizenry, vast social and economic calamities don’t admit of any solution on which majorities of Americans agree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Sharpe and Mr. Gitney both felt considerable trepidation at the onset of what promised to be the most mischievous of calamities.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson