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apocalypse

[uh-pok-uh-lips] / əˈpɒk ə lɪps /


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BERKELEY, Calif.—Inside Berkeley’s tallest office building, a small community of artificial intelligence researchers at a co-working space called Constellation has been mobilizing to save the world from apocalypse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Critics and audiences responded in turn, taking an immediate shine to Bryan’s doofiness and contrasting it with Alice’s purposeful, goal-oriented approach to a zombie apocalypse.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

She sent Grace off with three crates of supplies, which her daughter described as being "stocked for the apocalypse just in case anything went awry".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

They discuss the exponential pace of AI development, what the big companies are or are not doing to protect humans from apocalypse, and the simultaneous governmental and industry cooperation that could help manage risks.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

Because a water-zombie apocalypse is not truly over until kids go back to school.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

But, far more often, I found that apocalypses brought out people’s creativity and determination.

From Slate ● May 14, 2025

So I decided that I needed to give this class to my students, because they needed to know that apocalypses have been around for thousands of years, and nothing ever happens.

From Salon ● May 22, 2024

The game has no guns, no Marios, no apocalypses.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Burns and his co-showrunner, Dorothy Fortenberry, argue that film and TV have their own version of the same problem: Climate apocalypses create immediate drama and character-level tension.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023

Forests are apocalypses, and the beating of the wings of a tiny soul produces a sound of agony beneath their monstrous vault.

From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood




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