catastrophe
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Presidents from Harry Truman to Lyndon Johnson were forced to see that Jim Crow was not just a moral catastrophe but a geopolitical liability.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Social Security was created to exactly avoid this kind of catastrophe, which would lead to homelessness, poverty and hunger, as it did in the 1930s.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
For days, Soviet authorities hid the catastrophe from the world -- a disaster that further weakened the already crumbling USSR, which collapsed in 1991.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
Jonathan Huggins, of Southwold, believed the rise in the popularity of plastic grass for gardens and sports pitches was a "looming environmental catastrophe".
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
But a terrorist attack happens now; death by heart disease is some distant, quiet catastrophe.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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