catastrophic
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"We would describe... it as catastrophic," Patterson's appeal counsel, Edney, told Victoria's Court of Appeal this week.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Sometimes the fatalities resulted from catastrophic natural disasters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Lawyers for Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson say her conviction was undermined by a "catastrophic" mix-up that led to the jury staying at the same hotel as prosecutors and a key witness.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Under what’s being proposed, they could lose the right to use the Central Arizona Project, and that’s going to be catastrophic for that state.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Private markets, which today supply most of the food North Koreans eat, have become the fundamental reason why most outside experts say a catastrophic 1990s-style famine is unlikely to happen again.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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