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calamity

[kuh-lam-i-tee] / kəˈlæm ɪ ti /


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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he had mobilised the entire government machinery to respond to the calamity.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

A more immediate calamity could be fertilizer shortages as India, where two-thirds of the population is still rural, heads into its June-July planting season timed to the summer monsoon, Pramanik says.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The disruption to trade in the Gulf and its global effects are a reminder of the economic calamity that would likely erupt from war in the Taiwan Strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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

She looked across the street at herself—as seen, remembered, and conjured by the dreamer—and she didn’t see obscenity, or calamity, or godspawn.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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