catastrophe
Example Sentences
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The five years since Min Aung Hlaing's coup have been a catastrophe for Myanmar.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 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
"The situation remains extremely worrying and the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe... is real," she told reporters in Geneva, speaking from Beirut.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Vonn did tell Vanity Fair that she’s not crazy about the idea of the catastrophe at the Winter Games being the public’s last impression of her as a skier.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The former follows fairly briskly on from the latter; or should do, if onstage catastrophe is to be avoided.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
