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

These days, when classes let out, my local Starbucks floods with credit-card-wielding teens ordering $8 drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Fraser Sutherland, the group's coalition manager, said: "Climate change is already affecting people's health and well-being, livelihoods and financial stability in Scotland, with more frequent storms, floods, droughts and wildfires wreaking havoc across the country."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Ashraf Al-Targui, a 30-year-old construction supervisor, who lost his uncle's family in the floods, said he would have "preferred to lose my house rather than loved ones".

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

There really wasn’t much else we could do other than report leaking gutters and mop up after floods.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro