calamities

Example Sentences

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To underline the obvious once more: The college football media ecosystem is not built to handle human calamities like this.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Despite their present challenges, Cebu locals like Ms Estalicas and Mr Pareja are hopeful that they could survive the earthquake, as they did after Haiyan and the calamities before it.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Most presidents spend most of their time dealing with the fortunes and calamities they inherited from their predecessors.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

Marty’s world is a heightened version of the discord we’re experiencing these days, but the calamities and the characters’ detachment from them don’t feel far from our reality.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025

My life has been 101 calamities with at least half of them in the marriage department, but finally I got lucky in love, with Remy Fairley.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver