disaster
Example Sentences
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The US government's disaster agency has linked emissions from landfill fires to cancer, liver damage, rashes and reproductive disorders.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Only then did the full extent of the disaster become clear.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
On social media and elsewhere, he has excoriated Bass over her handling of the disaster and the subsequent recovery.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Many of their grievances were aired during a hearing this month in an Austin, Texas, courtroom that offered a vivid—and often harrowing—recounting of the disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
She had first applied for admission to NASA’s astronaut training program in 1985, but the Challenger disaster had delayed the process.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing disaster
Did You Planet? Words With Surprisingly Spacey Origins
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Oh, My Stars! A Solstice Sampler
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Calamity, Catastrophe, and Crisis: Disaster Words
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