1
as in catastrophes
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
hurricanes are natural disasters
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as in failures
something that has failed
an utter disaster, the play opened and closed on the same miserable night
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Recent Examples of disasters
Previous cloud-seeding controversies Cloud seeding is now at the center of the rise in weather‑control conspiracy narratives after disasters, such as the tragic Texas floods of 2025 that killed dozens of people, many of them children.
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Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Peace emphasized that such disasters have a lasting impact.
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Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
The film’s core narrative was that climate change is driving ever-worsening disasters, such as floods, droughts, storms and wildfires.
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Bjorn Lomborg,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
The rain and the plumbing disasters and the reservation-system crises and Richie’s inability to cancel anyone’s dinner all come right on top of one another, illustrating how frightening and overwhelming the day has become.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
After back-to-back disasters on soccer’s biggest stage, the German national team is back in the knock-out round at the World Cup for the first time since winning it all in Brazil in 2014.
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Andy Clayton,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
Operation Helping Hands is a program that the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald, and United Way Miami activate during local and global disasters, and has been reactivated for Venezuela.
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Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
In discussing the matter, Hahn also called for the county to look into establishing an emergency stockpile of air purifiers and other critical supplies to better prepare for future disasters.
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Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Hanging Lake Trail in Glenwood Canyon CBS The project, led by a partnership of federal, state and local organizations, was designed to create a trail capable of withstanding future disasters while preserving the experience that has made Hanging Lake one of Colorado's most popular destinations.
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Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Peace emphasized that such disasters have a lasting impact.
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Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
The film’s core narrative was that climate change is driving ever-worsening disasters, such as floods, droughts, storms and wildfires.
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Bjorn Lomborg,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
The rain and the plumbing disasters and the reservation-system crises and Richie’s inability to cancel anyone’s dinner all come right on top of one another, illustrating how frightening and overwhelming the day has become.
—
Kathryn Vanarendonk,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
After back-to-back disasters on soccer’s biggest stage, the German national team is back in the knock-out round at the World Cup for the first time since winning it all in Brazil in 2014.
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Andy Clayton,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
Operation Helping Hands is a program that the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald, and United Way Miami activate during local and global disasters, and has been reactivated for Venezuela.
—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
In discussing the matter, Hahn also called for the county to look into establishing an emergency stockpile of air purifiers and other critical supplies to better prepare for future disasters.
—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Hanging Lake Trail in Glenwood Canyon CBS The project, led by a partnership of federal, state and local organizations, was designed to create a trail capable of withstanding future disasters while preserving the experience that has made Hanging Lake one of Colorado's most popular destinations.
—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disasters
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Hardening operations to withstand those catastrophes is imperative for lowering risk.
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For example, that the economy is cratering, as was the case in Detroit, or that demand to live somewhere is falling for other reasons, like a rise in crime or natural catastrophes.
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The northwestern states of Aragua, Carabobo and Falcón have also been affected, with some areas reporting power failures, Rodríguez said.
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But Ramaphosa also conceded that there had been failures in South Africa's border control.
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But the real solution is mandatory speed limits in whale hot spots, which have been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of tragedies like this.
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Over 100 mourners gathered last week around a memorial of flowers and photos to remember two young sisters slain by their father — another in a frustratingly long line of domestic violence tragedies.
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This overpayment leaves little room for error, as the market has already priced in high expectations, making even minor disappointments impactful.
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The trick is not to let disappointments stop you.
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Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the surrealist musical follows one nuclear family across thousands of years and three apocalypses.
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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.
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All the lasers, bombs and explosions that Fox’s Arwing navigates look ultra high-definition without turning into the overwhelming bullet-hell of other shooters.
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Sharp was one of my favorite sleepers, a 3-and-D guard who launches bombs and, despite being undersized, willingly checks top guards and wings.
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To grade the 50 states and the District of Columbia on their relative natural disaster risks, five measures were developed that account for the frequency and damage of calamities, weighted against population and geographic size.
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In early times, most humans barely paid attention to weather calamities because the region was so sparsely populated.
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But what happens next is deeply dependent on who AI’s winners (and losers) are.
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But fans who wanted to see an exciting draft night filled with trades for talent as opposed to trades being made for complicated financial minutiae reasons were probably losers.
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