catastrophe
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More often now, catastrophe just exposes that consensus never existed.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
"It's a catastrophe... for all of us, not only my family, but every single family that lives in that town."
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Cuba is in the midst of an economic meltdown and on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe after decades of government mismanagement and U.S. sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“The catastrophe insurance industry in California is incredibly broken and needs some serious repair,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
It was worse than wrong; it was unbeautiful—an ugly, bulging, falling-apart catastrophe, a skyscraper after an earthquake.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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