disaster
Example Sentences
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Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant open their book User Friendly with the cautionary tale of the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
Thailand's government held talks this week on the haze, and some districts in Chiang Mai have issued disaster declarations to help speed up financial support.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Germany phased out nuclear power following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Those might include establishing a federal reinsurance program that shares natural disaster risks with insurers, or covering the risk itself similarly to how the National Flood Insurance Program works.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
“But I think we need to put it out of our minds. Maybe Dr. Morales has just watched too many disaster movies.”
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
