act of God

Example Sentences

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He urged residents to buy generators and said the utility doesn’t reimburse customers for spoiled food and other losses if it believes the blackouts were required by “an act of God.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Absent an act of God, Zohran is going to win at the end of the day.”

From Salon

"That was an act of God," she told a daily briefing on Monday.

From BBC

“There’s no other way that I can explain the fact that now I’ve made so much work reflecting on my identity other than it being an act of God,” Gallo says.

From Los Angeles Times

“The main difference is this situation is not an act of God, but was caused by the choice of just one man without much thought as to how and who it would impact,” Hersh said.

From Salon