disaster
Example Sentences
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With Lawrence’s donations, her aim is for the Palisades to begin to enjoy new stories, new characters and new beginnings in the wake of disaster.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
"It was a disaster before, not just for us shop owners, but for everyone," she said.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Greenpeace in 2006 estimated that the disaster had caused close to 100,000 deaths.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
Many of their grievances were aired during a hearing this month in an Austin, Texas, courtroom that offered a vivid—and often harrowing—recounting of the disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Dates inscribed on many of the coins provided the most conclusive proof of the time in which the ship had sailed and had met with disaster.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing disaster
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Calamity, Catastrophe, and Crisis: Disaster Words
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