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cataclysm

[kat-uh-kliz-uhm] / ˈkæt əˌklɪz əm /


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According the legend, boy and girl twins born in Higashi Village on a day with equal parts day and night herald a cataclysm that only they can mend.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

"They were doing revisions to the second version of the map of Ireland - and it's obvious why those revisions were needed. Because this huge cataclysm had swept through the country."

From BBC May 22, 2026

Since then, the media world has undergone a cataclysm, as billions of dollars in ad spending migrated from print to online.

From MarketWatch Apr. 28, 2026

No deliberate cruelty wounds this dreamy girl, only carelessness and the cataclysm of her mother’s death, which signals “the last day of childhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 9, 2026

I called Whitney again to ask her, as I was asking others, if she knew anyone who had anticipated the subprime mortgage cataclysm, thus setting himself up in advance to make a fortune from it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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