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apocalypse

[uh-pok-uh-lips] / əˈpɒk ə lɪps /


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Italian football journalist James Horncastle said: "It was called apocalyptic the first time they missed out. I don't know what stage of the apocalypse we are in now."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Not exactly the most uplifting news when it feels like the apocalypse is just outside our doors.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

She added: “I promise if the apocalypse actually comes you can still beep me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

As global biodiversity declines, including what some researchers describe as an "insect apocalypse," two ecologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst set out to examine how insects and arachnids are doing in the United States.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

It feels like we're the last survivors of a zombie apocalypse.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli