disastrous
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SoCal Edison says it expects to pay little or none of the billions of dollars in damages of the disastrous Eaton fire, which its equipment is suspected of igniting.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Iranian media likened the rescue operation to the US military's disastrous Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, an attempt to rescue more than 50 Americans at the US embassy in Tehran.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Powell, who was born in 1953, is also old enough to remember the disastrous 1970s, when the Federal Reserve lost control of inflation by cutting short-term rates too soon and too much.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
This is where the pressure hits the rocket the hardest, and when engineers know that even a small structural weakness can be disastrous.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
It would be difficult enough to get Abby back to the camper without her walker; it would be disastrous to go in the wrong direction.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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