disaster
Example Sentences
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Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has cancelled his planned trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, pledging to get to the bottom of Spain's worst train disaster in more than a decade.
From BBC
It is highly vulnerable to natural disasters including flood and drought due to a chronic lack of infrastructure, deforestation and decades of state mismanagement.
From Barron's
The latest disaster took place when a train operated by rail company Iryo, travelling from Malaga to Madrid, derailed near Adamuz in the southern Andalusia region.
From Barron's
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia said they were following news of the disaster "with great concern" and offered their "most heartfelt condolences".
From BBC
Yet if investors are trying to price disaster, the probability they are assigning is very small.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.