disaster
Example Sentences
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Plus, what NextEra’s merger with Dominion mean for your bill, tracking the cost of the Iran war and a river on the brink of disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Friday's explosion was the worst mining disaster in China since 2009, when 108 people were killed in a mine blast in northeast Heilongjiang province.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Dalglish was Liverpool manager during the club's darkest hour - the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, which took the lives of 97 Liverpool fans.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Federal disaster officials say that some toxic substances within the burn zone could have been deposited there long before the fire — the result perhaps of decades of burning leaded gasoline or lead paint.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
It had been nothing short of a disaster.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Vocabulary lists containing disaster
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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Calamity, Catastrophe, and Crisis: Disaster Words
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