disaster
Example Sentences
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It is a heavy assignment, not for everyone, and there have been frequent disasters.
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has described the storm, which affected more than two million people, as the most challenging natural disaster in the island's history.
From Barron's
"The boating community, any disaster like this, everybody's helping each other," he said.
From BBC
Grieving mother Lee Hyo-eun returns every weekend to the airport where her daughter and 178 others died last year, desperate for the truth about South Korea's deadliest airline disaster.
From Barron's
"With Gaza's health system already destroyed, independent and experienced humanitarian organisations losing access to respond would be a disaster for Palestinians," a statement said.
From BBC
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