as in disasters
the day the world ends or is destroyed
a warning that doomsday is near doomsday predictions
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The Packers had seen their season end in two of the last three postseasons in part because of special teams disasters, and Saturday night was no different.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026 -
Overall, the nation suffered a staggering 23 separate weather and climate disasters in 2025, each of which cost over $1 billion in damages.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
10 Jan. 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
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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.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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An observer of catastrophes, come what may.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Across their nearly 100-year football rivalry, USC and Notre Dame have only paused their annual matchup for global catastrophes like World War II and the Covid-19 pandemic.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Now, traffic safety advocates are launching an effort to try and prevent more tragedies as part of the annual Passenger Safety Week.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Despite this—and despite the tragedies the family bears some responsibility for, like Chappaquiddick and Rosemary’s lobotomy—the Kennedy family’s legacy has stretched far beyond the thousand-odd days JFK served as the nation’s youngest president.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Hurricanes’ defense kept them out of the playoff field last year because of collapses against Georgia Tech and Syracuse in the final three weeks that the offense — which pulled off heroics almost weekly in conference play — couldn’t overcome.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2026
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When smokers switch completely to smoke-free products, their exposure to toxic chemicals collapses.—
Kevin Bardosh,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2026
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Massive radiation storms, earthquakes, and other calamities continue to make the outside world highly dangerous.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Not so much for most of the thousands of people displaced a year ago by the twin fire calamities that hit the east and west ends of Los Angeles County.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Doomsdays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsdays. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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