catastrophe
Example Sentences
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You’ve got empty skyscrapers and a massive homeless catastrophe.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Net income surges to $1.7 billion from $395 million year over year, driven by lower catastrophe losses.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Trade unions in Greece had warned that some sort of catastrophe on the railway network was waiting to happen.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the Justice Department’s latest catastrophe and its potentially massive impact on ICE’s authority to continue its courthouse arrests.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
When a catastrophe happens, “you’re desperate for information,” said Janine Krippner.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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