disaster
Example Sentences
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Some disasters have been made by human hands.
From Los Angeles Times
"We cannot just stand still; natural disasters will always be a part of life."
From Barron's
Minimizing risks and preventing disaster will involve the crew performing a series of checks and maneuvers while still in Earth's vicinity.
From Barron's
For decades, wildfires were considered a reactive emergency, but more disaster experts are looking for ways to apply proactive messaging, deployment and warning systems to fires — systems more akin to hurricane preparedness.
From Los Angeles Times
The Harvard fellow was a scholar on treating disaster zone victims, but had been sentenced to death by a revolutionary court in Tehran for espionage charges he denied.
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