calamities

Example Sentences

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The suit was brought by relatives of Samya Stumo, who died in the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, the second of two MAX calamities that together claimed 346 lives.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Spurs' first aim will be to avoid any calamities like their red card against Crystal Palace in their previous home league game.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

“We need a greater collective sense of these ongoing calamities as the new normal,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

There is a way that these repetitive movements can ward off calamities, outfox deterioration, at least to a point.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025

Forager societies were hardly immune to natural disasters, and suffered from periods of want and hunger, but they were usually able to deal with such calamities more easily.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari