apocalypse
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"It felt like an apocalypse was happening," said the owner of a nearby beauty shop.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
The software apocalypse never came and the sector is enjoying a stellar recovery.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
One theory describes an almost complete apocalypse, with human populations abruptly disappearing from areas closest to the eruption.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Inside Berkeley’s tallest office building, a small community of AI researchers has been mobilizing to save the world from apocalypse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
"Nergal has brought on the apocalypse, and you're talking about herbal remedies. This isn't like treating a cold with a slice of lemon."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
"America is an infant," a French survivor says, "but here, we survived many apocalypses."
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2023
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
And when those apocalypses recur, new beginnings may suggest themselves.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
Abstruse speculations contain vertigo; no, there is nothing to indicate that he risked his mind in apocalypses.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
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