cataclysm
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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
There is no way to prove this, but perhaps the cataclysm of the war impressed upon that generation the fragility of civilization and learning, and the need to preserve them.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 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
But experts caution that the latest quakes don’t provide any additional clarity on the potential timing of such a cataclysm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
She could reprieve him from the cataclysm he thought had befallen him.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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