catastrophe
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“We must decree that the country is in a state of sanitary catastrophe, epidemiological catastrophe and national catastrophe,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mr. Scott describes Japan’s ordinary civilians who, from 1941 to 1945, endured a mounting catastrophe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
"I saw Spain yesterday, and I watched the catastrophe that took place," Trump told a meeting of his cabinet at the presidential Camp David retreat in Maryland.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Instead, it provides valuable evidence that the underground system responsible for its ancient catastrophe remains active and continues to receive new magma.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
From the social point of view the slow and possibly fraudulent unraveling of a multi-trillion-dollar U.S. bond market was a catastrophe.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Economic losses from natural catastrophes worldwide are estimated to have reached $100 billion in the first half of this year, reinsurance group Swiss Re said Tuesday, a sharp decline from the period last year.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Nature is quite resilient, but it can't cope with catastrophes on this scale over and over again. It won't keep on coming back."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The movie is seeded with nods to Green Day lore, scripted over long sessions riffing with the band over its tour catastrophes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Don’t make discussions about decline or catastrophes, says Chia-Lin Simmons, CEO of LogicMark, a health-monitoring technology company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Combining the fruits of many ecosystems, Andean cultures both enjoyed a better life than they could have wrested from any single place and spread out the risk from the area’s frequent natural catastrophes.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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