disaster
Example Sentences
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This looming disaster has been 25 years in the making.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
The program is for homeowners whose property has been damaged or destroyed by a disaster such as a fire, flood or earthquake and applies to their 2025 property taxes only.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Indonesia's national disaster agency, meanwhile, instructed officials in the North Sulawesi capital, Manado, northern Gorontalo province and the Sangihe islands "to immediately direct their residents to evacuate in an orderly manner to higher ground".
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Communications professionals, previously relegated to the periphery, are now front and center in the C-suite, partly emboldened by CEOs’ fears that even the smallest misstep can swiftly balloon into a corporate disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
“This is the worst disaster ever to hit America.”
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
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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