apocalyptic
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That’s higher than the national average but hardly apocalyptic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
This is very bad, although hardly a Ghostbusters-style, apocalyptic vision that includes human sacrifice and mass hysteria.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
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
There are reasons to question the most apocalyptic forecasts.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
Indeed, the only adult males in the whole of Berlin’s population exempt from defensive duties during its apocalyptic fall to the Red Army in April-May 1945 were the members of the Berlin Philharmonic.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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