calamities

plural of calamity

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Recent Examples of calamities The piling on of hurdles, unforeseen challenges, and calamities is almost ridiculous. Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025 In the episode, eight of the nine ringers suffer calamities on the eve of the game which preclude their participation, with Sax held on comically-unfounded suspicion of committing approximately 600 murders in the New York City area. Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025 These calamities drastically reduce the genetic diversity in a group. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2025 In the decades since, more advanced simulations show how a warming planet could trigger all sorts of calamities, from heat waves and superstorms to desertification and ecosystem collapse. Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 These calamities drastically reduce the genetic diversity in a group. Jayde N. Hirniak, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025 If these calamities unfold, the revenue projections, total costs and net transfer balances will be a little lower, too, with the cumulative cashflow balance being higher, at £161million by the summer of 2028. Matt Slater, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025 Levine Cava bristled, saying the only money left to fund the choppers would be the county’s emergency fund — dollars reserved for hurricanes or other calamities. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025 The waves of our joys and calamities, both collective and personal, lap on the same shore, one after another, crashing over one another without pause. Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamities
Noun
  • The findings offer a new perspective on one of history’s most famous military disasters.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Its experts worked hard to prepare for a variety of disasters, such as a freak weather event, a terrorist attack, or an airplane accidentally crashing into a reactor.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The vibes in Fayetteville are horrendous, and consecutive late-game catastrophes against Ole Miss and Memphis weren’t even the worst part.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The season 8 finale saw Bobby's family, friends, and colleagues healing in the aftermath, but the impact of his passing will no doubt color the catastrophes awaiting our heroes.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The audience for 2025’s reel of zombie apocalypses lives in a world shaped, in part, by Americans’ refusal to accept an aging Joe Biden’s ineligibility for President.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In some ways, Doug’s death signaled two tragedies, as Sage’s grand romance also came to a climax and an end over the course of Gen V’s season two finale.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Greek tragedies, Roman philosophy, African American literature, global masterpieces—these are not dusty relics.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Calamities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamities. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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