apocalyptic
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Apocalyptic fires had been ravaging Los Angeles for more than 24 hours when Mayor Karen Bass stepped off a plane and into a now-viral encounter that may come to define her mayoralty.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025
“At its worst, it divides and excludes,” said Alison McQueen, associate professor of political science at Stanford University and author of “Political Realism in Apocalyptic Times.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023
Apocalyptic imaginings no longer address crises that could be avoided.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023
Apocalyptic storm clouds moodily gathered underneath the piano line in the first movement of the Fourth Concerto.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023
VII, 9-36; XII, 43, and the Apocalyptic books such as Enoch, Test.
From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann
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