disasters
Example Sentences
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Many think of corporate naming in the context of disasters like Tronc, the notoriously short-lived rebrand of media conglomerate Tribune Publishing, or Reebok’s Incubus, a shoe named for a mythological demon that attacks sleeping women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It is the latest in a litany of disasters to befall one of the most benighted industrial cities in Europe, repeatedly blanketed in lethal smoke from similar blazes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Section 40 of Nepal's Civil Code does allow for some exceptions, but it does not have a provision for disasters like the flood witnessed last month.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
At the same time, however, companies make multibillion-dollar decisions based not on the possibility of wars or natural disasters, but rather on even demand with a multiyear, and sometimes multidecade, horizon.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
And after that, there were no more disasters.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
