disaster
Example Sentences
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The big ones are raising the threshold for the federal government to get involved in disaster recovery and shrinking the National Flood Insurance Program.
From Slate • May 21, 2026
"The place is falling apart. It's a disaster, and they have lost control to some extent."
From BBC • May 21, 2026
It’s a perennial pathogen, highly contagious and extremely deadly, and its occasional flareups could threaten a global disaster.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
And he has quickly learned that some things remain painfully constant: The Los Angeles Angels remain an unmitigated disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
That would be a disaster if a train collided with Cleopatra’s Needle.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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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