calamitous
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“Malcolm in the Middle,” a popular series about a tightly knit calamitous family of weirdos and the relatively less weird child at its center, is back after 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Rock has endured a calamitous first Premier League campaign and on this form it's hard to see where his first point will come from.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Just 10 days after Lammens signed from Royal Antwerp, Onana - first-choice for the previous two campaigns - was loaned to Trabzonspor after a calamitous error in United's shock EFL Cup defeat by Grimsby Town.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
New plan: Pretend to be from the future and insist that the only way to avoid a calamitous chain of events is if Nirvanna plays a show at the Rivoli.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
I was such a calamitous whirlwind of stupidity!
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Vocabulary lists containing calamitous
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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