catastrophe
Example Sentences
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Today a large share of monthly spending disappears into medical premiums, deductibles and copayments that produce nothing visible unless catastrophe strikes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
"It's a catastrophe for me because I hate being silent!" she posted on social media.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
If Spielberg’s earlier UFO movies gave us awe, comfort and catastrophe, this one feels like an encounter of a fourth kind: What happens when the cover story breaks?
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
As was common during the medieval period, the king was warned that the comet signaled approaching catastrophe.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
From the social point of view the slow and possibly fraudulent unraveling of a multi-trillion-dollar U.S. bond market was a catastrophe.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing catastrophe
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