calamity
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In the end he was cleared of the most serious charges, leaving him free to write this account of the nation’s financial calamity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
They plan for calamity and how they’d bounce back.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
White House reporters, meanwhile, are preparing for the day — perhaps a day when they serve as pool reporter — when they get the call about a calamity befalling the president.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Nor did it comment on the root cause of the calamity.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
Cal caught a feeling—a feeling of calamity, of destruction in the air, and a weight of sickness overwhelmed him.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Roberts warned of the "calamities that could arise" if presidents were able to impose their will on the Federal Reserve.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
AI bots, like them or not, are being perfected as personal AI coaches, encouragers, even therapists to counter that voice in your head, especially about climate calamities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The suit was brought by relatives of Samya Stumo, who died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, the second of two MAX calamities that together claimed 346 lives.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
“We need a greater collective sense of these ongoing calamities as the new normal,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Martha went on, speaking of different calamities magic had brought, and the gossip about the girl who could turn straw into gold.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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