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catastrophe

[kuh-tas-truh-fee] / kəˈtæs trə fi /


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Net income rose to $1.7 billion from $$395 million a year ago, primarily because of lower catastrophe losses and higher investment returns.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Working in catastrophe mitigation for the state of Louisiana, Goings likes to be prepared for the worst.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The five years since Min Aung Hlaing's coup have been a catastrophe for Myanmar.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the Justice Department’s latest catastrophe and its potentially massive impact on ICE’s authority to continue its courthouse arrests.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

This made him doubly upset, for what a catastrophe that would have been!

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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