Example Sentences

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Wildfires, floods, melting ice caps, heat waves, the bleaching of ocean reefs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

The fund holds real estate investment trusts with a lower carbon footprint and are less susceptible to climate risks such as sea-level rise, floods, and storms.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Acts of God are environmental: droughts, floods, locust plagues and the unusual winters that froze the Thames, contributing to recessions in 1710, 1739-40, 1762 and 1946-47.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The men, all local villagers, entered the narrow tunnels on 20 May in search of gold but flash floods stopped them from leaving.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

I can’t stop the redness that floods my cheeks.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins