disastrous
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Weaving together material adapted from several ancient Greek sources, Ferdia Lennon’s novel is a tragicomic reimagining of the experience of Athenian prisoners captured during the disastrous Sicilian Expedition of 415-13 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
He said cuts to British Transport Police funding had been "disastrous" and called for outsourced security and enforcement staff to be brought in-house "as a matter of urgency".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The launch episode was described as "one of the most disastrous openers ever" by Metro's Adam Miller, external - but luckily he was only referring to the cakes.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
I wanted to know if cryptocurrency actually offered a solution to the kinds of disastrous inflation and economic disenfranchisement the people I’d met had told me about.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
I lean my head back and shut my eyes, but this results in disastrous spinning, so I open them again and try to focus on the feet dangling from the end of the bed.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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