catastrophe
Example Sentences
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Ms. Arno’s postwar chapters are strongest when they keep catastrophe from swallowing the rest of the life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
You wouldn't want to read a whole lot into the 4-1 but it was welcome, a fillip when a catastrophe presented itself at 1-0.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
"In music, it's the opposite. We have to get as close as we can to catastrophe."
From BBC • May 26, 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 is often the case just before catastrophe strikes, that Chicago summer Sunday morning was like any other, carrying no hint of the trouble ahead.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
Vocabulary lists containing catastrophe
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