apocalyptic
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Here’s how to celebrate Halloween all month in Los Angeles, from tarot card cocktails to apocalyptic pizza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
For all the scientific upside of AI, there’s also the very real possibility of apocalyptic downside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
A police union boss told the BBC that the weekend had been an "apocalyptic" hell for his colleagues.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
We’re awash in apocalyptic anxieties about rogue technology.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
I still had one arm draped over Bluie, in fact, when I awoke just after four in the morning with an apocalyptic pain fingering out from the unreachable center of my head.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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