calamity
Example Sentences
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Nor did it comment on the root cause of the calamity.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Historic freezes in 1894 and 1895 nearly eradicated the industry, its first and last real brush with old-world calamity.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Leading a mule train into the tunnels, Ondro faces a calamity that enters the history books.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Mr. Bird carried the weight of a calamity you never get over, and a lot of other weight, too, emerging as one of the most consequential figures in the history of American sport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
The Tijuana horsemen, long accustomed to calamity, wrote off the horses, picked up, and went on.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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