calamities

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The suit was brought by relatives of Samya Stumo, who died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, the second of two MAX calamities that together claimed 346 lives.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

“We need a greater collective sense of these ongoing calamities as the new normal,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

They materialize in the kitchen year after year, radiating earnest goodwill, and yet somehow leave a trail of small calamities in their wake.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

The calamities in the past two years, including a fatal magnitude 7.1 earthquake in 2024, have devastated the county's tourism industry, Ms Yang said.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

Forager societies were hardly immune to natural disasters, and suffered from periods of want and hunger, but they were usually able to deal with such calamities more easily.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari