apocalyptic

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Still, the apocalyptic folk tales offer an irresistible fable for the times.

From The Wall Street Journal

The combination of the Welshman’s grim poetics and the singer’s apocalyptic incantations gets the set off to a powerful start and signals something entirely new for the Charli XCX oeuvre.

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Victor recounts apocalyptic scenes at the front near Vovchansk in the Donbas.

From Barron's

And there are plenty of hybrid creatures, apocalyptic nightmares, strange juxtapositions and drooping abnormalities of the melting-watch variety.

From The Wall Street Journal

Capt. Williams’s skirmish is a reminder that the U.S. and the Soviets did a fair bit of fighting without ending up in an apocalyptic conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal