disaster
Example Sentences
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Willis quit the Village People in 1979 during production of “Can’t Stop the Music,” a Village People film and a financial disaster that led to the band’s dissolution.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
Both his seismic and economic disaster scenarios failed to pan out, thank goodness, but it was a snapshot of that era’s economic angst.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
Whatever one’s view of the death penalty, Divine’s example is a disaster.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026
The 26-year-old says he has rescued 16 people alive and recovered 22 bodies in La Guaira, which authorities have declared a "disaster zone."
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
Being magic sounded like a mountain of disaster.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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