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Recent Examples of calamity The ending is a total calamity, but The Rain People arrives there through an unpredictable and hazily beautiful survey of the new American landscape and one woman’s intrepid effort to find a new place for herself in it. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024 Putnam County, in the northern part of the state, is at 32.9%, while in Miami-Dade County, nearly 25% lack homeowners insurance that would protect them from calamity. Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024 As if fighting famine, disease, disaster and other calamities weren’t enough, nonprofit organizations face dire cybersecurity threats from nefarious groups seeking to steal money and sensitive data or disrupt services. David Hessekiel, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 Multiple audience members shared their dramatic video of the altercation after the gig ended in calamity. Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for calamity 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calamity
Noun
  • As the film reminds us, any number of iffy career choices, like that role in the cinematic disaster that was Sgt.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Going to space after the Columbia disaster Eileen Collins’ fourth and final mission came on the heels of the tragic Columbia disaster.
    Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Poe’s great, terrifying symbol, an emblem of lost wandering, absent compassion, and frightful omens, evoked Noah and the Ark and real-life apocalypse.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
  • What is the worst animal to run into during a zombie apocalypse?
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The tragedy has become a focal point for broader dissatisfaction with Serbia's current administration, with increasing public demands for transparency in large-scale infrastructure projects, many of which involve Chinese state companies.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The first tragedy is made all the more poignant by the film’s striking opening, in which moments of Callas’ life are intercut with a stark, beautiful image of her singing with glorious power — an image Lachman makes iconic through his stunning black-and-white photography.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024

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“Calamity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calamity. Accessed 5 Dec. 2024.

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