disaster
Example Sentences
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The federal government provided $20.6 million in disaster relief funds for California fishing communities affected by the 2023 closure.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake called it the country's worst-ever economic disaster.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
The DHS is one of the largest government agencies, employing more than 260,000 people across a wide range of roles including airport security, border enforcement, disaster response and cybersecurity.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Significantly, the science that makes it possible to attribute how much any one disaster was influenced by climate change has steadily advanced.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Mom refused to let go of our home phone because she was afraid of another hurricane disaster, like Jeanne and Frances, which had both hit Florida in September 2004.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing disaster
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Calamity, Catastrophe, and Crisis: Disaster Words
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