Armageddon

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Recent Examples of Armageddon President Erika Sloane, however, convinces Ethan to return to stop a self-aware artificial intelligence program called The Entity before the AI takes control of all the world’s nuclear arsenals and causes nuclear Armageddon. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025 The arms race played out through the 1960s, building stockpiles of tens of thousands of nuclear missiles on both sides until its folly, and frightening close brushes with Armageddon, lowered those numbers in an era of détente, the sort of world that Bethe had called for in his article. Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2025 There's plenty more to come throughout the month, including on August 17, which sees the arrival of James Gray's 2022 film, Armageddon Time, starring Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, and Anthony Hopkins. Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025 Twenty-seven years ago, Armageddon benefited from a marketing campaign that left a lasting impression. Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for Armageddon
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Noun
  • The Dead Don't Die In Jim Jarmusch's absurdist apocalypse comedy, flesh-craving zombies raid the once-tranquil town of Centerville, picking off its residents one by one.
    James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Though, really, podcasting has been living in this particular post-apocalypse for a while.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Recently published studies about people affected by the Maui and Los Angeles fires showed that beyond affecting heart and lung function and interrupting access to medical care, these climate disasters have led to higher rates of depression and even suicide.
    Lahari Vuppaladhadiam, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • As someone who evacuated but was still directly impacted by the storm, Shepard used her lived experience to influence her research on colonial disasters.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025

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