cataclysm
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The cataclysm is indelibly seared into La Guaira’s collective consciousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
According the legend, boy and girl twins born in Higashi Village on a day with equal parts day and night herald a cataclysm that only they can mend.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Since then, the media world has undergone a cataclysm, as billions of dollars in ad spending migrated from print to online.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
No deliberate cruelty wounds this dreamy girl, only carelessness and the cataclysm of her mother’s death, which signals “the last day of childhood.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
As if every living thing rushes to establish a foothold before some cataclysm arrives.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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