disaster
Example Sentences
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But as the company’s leaders huddled in a conference room to discuss plans for averting disaster, two things happened that Susman and Jacob would never forget.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
A UN disaster risk reduction report released in mid-May hinted they could be a precursor to a large earthquake.
From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026
What mood the Tartan Army would have been in if the opener against Haiti had turned into a disaster we will never know.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
That marks a drop of more than 30% from their May peak and likely averts the disaster commodity experts had warned about as one of the largest crude supply shortages in history began playing out.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026
“I keep telling him all that disaster stuff is just part of the game, but he won’t believe me,” Cedar said.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
Vocabulary lists containing disaster
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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Calamity, Catastrophe, and Crisis: Disaster Words
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