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calamity

[kuh-lam-i-tee] / kəˈlæm ɪ ti /


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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

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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