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catastrophe

[kuh-tas-truh-fee] / kəˈtæs trə fi /


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After the catastrophe, those once dominant groups were nearly eliminated.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

But Skid Row sits just a few blocks from the seat of city authority, and nobody has more power or responsibility to address the decades-long human catastrophe on Skid Row than the mayor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

"The signs from el-Obeid are clear and unmistakable: Another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan," Turk said last week in an address to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

By making a relatively small-time conspiracy into a grand cinematic affair, De Palma illustrates just how easily a single evil idea can spiral into catastrophe in seconds.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Nothing would stop them, short of some unexpected catastrophe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

TPS is granted by the government to foreign-born individuals whose home countries are unable to accommodate them, due to war, natural disasters or other catastrophes.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

There was a sense among students and educators that the work they were doing wasn’t just to rectify past catastrophes but to prepare for future ones.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

It’s a question of what do we do about these smaller disasters that can still upend people’s lives, can still cause millions of dollars of damage that states have to deal with, but aren’t catastrophes.

From Slate May 21, 2026

Colbert has reminded us of our humanity through this administration’s endless string of catastrophes.

From Salon May 21, 2026

It might be a good idea for us to understand comets and collisions and catastrophes a little better than we do.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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