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disaster

[dih-zas-ter, -zah-ster] / dɪˈzæs tər, -ˈzɑ stər /


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Or is it just a warning sign that the next big disaster could be even costlier to them?

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At first glance, this looks like a disaster for the climate cause.

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Lifeguards, untrained in this type of disaster scenario, rushed to the scene, with some helping evacuate children from a nearby playground and others tending to the wounded.

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Even when a particular engagement is a disaster, the action ultimately resolves with a moral clarity almost entirely absent from the messiness of my harried world.

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It is the most fatal aviation disaster on U.S. soil in 23 years.

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