disastrous
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The league had just avoided a disastrous work stoppage by agreeing to a record-setting raise for players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The mayor, who, like Bass, had served in the California state Assembly and Congress was Sam Yorty, four years removed from a disastrous response to the Watts riots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Surprisingly, perhaps, I don’t often feel the same frustration you express in your letter when I read a letter where someone walks into a disastrous financial crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
It would be "disastrous" if hackers or countries weaponised the flaw and seized private data from websites, said cyber-security researcher Jill Slay from the University of Adelaide.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
After the disastrous 1957 spraying the program was abruptly and drastically curtailed, with vague statements about “evaluating” previous work and testing alternative insecticides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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