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catastrophe

[kuh-tas-truh-fee] / kəˈtæs trə fi /


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"In music, it's the opposite. We have to get as close as we can to catastrophe."

From BBC • May 26, 2026

No one wants war, which would be a catastrophe, but the U.S. isn’t threatening to use force against China.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

If Spielberg’s earlier UFO movies gave us awe, comfort and catastrophe, this one feels like an encounter of a fourth kind: What happens when the cover story breaks?

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

For many years, researchers supported what became known as the Toba catastrophe hypothesis.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Jason, Hazel, and Frank had returned to the scene of the catastrophe, hoping to dig through the rubble and find a way to save Percy and Annabeth, but they’d come back demoralized.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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