disaster
Example Sentences
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The Soviet Union was heavily criticised for its slowness in revealing the scale of the disaster.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
After a long delay, a $22-million incentive program launched on April 6 to support residents rebuilding all-electric in California disaster areas served by investor-owned utilities like Southern California Edison.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
But then disaster strikes, abruptly ending that run of good fortune.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
And just as we saw for crypto and the metaverse, plenty of other failing businesses are going to take the hasty survival fund even if it ends in disaster.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
Mom refused to let go of our home phone because she was afraid of another hurricane disaster, like Jeanne and Frances, which had both hit Florida in September 2004.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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