apocalypse
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“The Walking Dead” premiered on the AMC network in 2010, introducing audiences to the high-stakes world of a zombie apocalypse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Moments later the apocalypse brothers wandered out into the hot and humid Florida night to continue what little time they have left of their World Cup party.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Before the latest peace agreement with Iran, there had been talk of an oil apocalypse, with some forecasts calling for prices of $150 a barrel or more.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
Lestat is slightly bored with existing yet curious to see whether his music, primarily plied on the Internet, can reach enough undead followers to hasten the vampire apocalypse known as The Great Conversion.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
It might be so bad that every one of our atoms would be torn apart during the apocalypse.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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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
They weave climate apocalypses, time travel and virtual reality with Yoruba mythology, Amazonian deforestation and ayahuasca-inspired psychedelic plants.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 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
Daniel and Revelation," is of special interest: "The more theoretical or theological messages of the apocalypses it is evidently impossible for us to accept in any literal way as a message for our day.
From What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul by Swain, Richard la Rue
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