apocalypse
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If there were “a Terminator- or Matrix-like apocalypse, the rebellion will be right here.”
From Slate • May 8, 2026
Don’t miss: Even OpenAI’s top economist thinks the AI job apocalypse is overstated.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
That’s attracted major productions including HBO’s apocalypse drama “The Last of Us,” which filmed its first season in Alberta; and FX’s “Shogun,” which shot in British Columbia, long a film hub.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Leaning against a wall near a news-stand in central Rome, Tommaso Silvestri, 65, scans the morning's front pages, their headlines swinging between "apocalypse," "scandal" and "disaster" after Italy's latest footballing collapse.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
The building was in flames, the helicopter was now hovering above, and the scythes strode out of the front entrance, like the four horsemen of the post-mortal apocalypse.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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