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doomsdays

noun

plural of doomsday

as in disasters

the day the world ends or is destroyed a warning that doomsday is near doomsday predictions

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Noun

These factors make its impacts somewhat of a wild card, experts say, with the effects of global warming acting in concert with El Niño to heighten the severity of heat waves and other disasters.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
The organization was created by a group of BBQ pitmasters after the deadly 2011 EF-5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, with the purpose of feeding communities after disasters.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

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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.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
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

Definition of apocalypses

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The contrast is a reminder of the differences between the neighboring nations — their political systems, resources and the strength of their institutions — and a demonstration of how those can take on life-or-death importance in catastrophes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
The company’s founder, Jeff Bezos, envisions building space habitats that could house billions as a solution to environmental catastrophes on Earth.

— Marissa E. Yingling, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of catastrophes

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Artisanal mine collapses are common in Central African Republic, where thousands of people work in small-scale mining, often with little protection.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Now, after two losing campaigns, each with dramatic, eye-searing collapses, this year may be Norvell’s last.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of collapses

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That’s been the story of this third season, one that started with Rhaenyra storming the castle and taking the Iron Throne and then promptly saw her get picked apart by dozens of unforeseen calamities.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Yoon drew extensively on these themes in his earlier works—most recently in the novel Run Me to Earth and the Story Prize–winning collection The Hive and the Honey—and his oeuvre depicts war’s psychological and material calamities.

— Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

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