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Recent Examples of end-time
Under Kale’s leadership, the church focused on the end-times, frequently reading from the Book of Revelation, former members say.
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Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Here, the credits have that same debauchery but weave in more elements of the original end-times vibe.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
But his one-liner about tariffs and immigration felt like end-times overload after his opening message about the L.A. wildfires.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
And waiting until doomsday had become a very real and timed concept for which scientists had wound a clock with its end-times alarm set to go off in minutes.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
In a scene out of biblical end-times, yellow jackets swarmed in the days after the storm — displaced after falling trees and floodwaters destroyed their nests.
—Kim Dinan, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Despite the end-times detente between long-battling brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis that recently led to their announcement of a 2025 UK tour, some things in the music feud world never change.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2024
With all the predictions of end-times chaos and nearly every Parisian having decamped for Marseille or Puglia, that feels especially true this year.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2024
Miller unspools this cartoonish end-times mythology with whirligig aplomb that goes on and on — as monotonous as Denis Villeneuve’s Dune but livelier, with mobile camera angles, ever-widening aerial exteriors, and huge crowds dodging flame-throwers.
—Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2024
Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Here, the credits have that same debauchery but weave in more elements of the original end-times vibe.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
But his one-liner about tariffs and immigration felt like end-times overload after his opening message about the L.A. wildfires.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
And waiting until doomsday had become a very real and timed concept for which scientists had wound a clock with its end-times alarm set to go off in minutes.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
In a scene out of biblical end-times, yellow jackets swarmed in the days after the storm — displaced after falling trees and floodwaters destroyed their nests.
—Kim Dinan, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Despite the end-times detente between long-battling brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis that recently led to their announcement of a 2025 UK tour, some things in the music feud world never change.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2024
With all the predictions of end-times chaos and nearly every Parisian having decamped for Marseille or Puglia, that feels especially true this year.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2024
Miller unspools this cartoonish end-times mythology with whirligig aplomb that goes on and on — as monotonous as Denis Villeneuve’s Dune but livelier, with mobile camera angles, ever-widening aerial exteriors, and huge crowds dodging flame-throwers.
—Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for end-time
Noun
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If the state would fund its mandates, the doomsday budget cuts looming over the 1.2 million weekday RTA riders could significantly shrink.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Lori Daybell trial: Opening statements set to begin in latest murder case of 'doomsday mom' Lee and Parish were both turkey hunting separately at the time, according to authorities.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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However, the biggest thing that mattered to effectively recreating the world of Until Dawn was securing Peter Stormare, known for his performances in Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Armageddon, Minority Report, and Constantine.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Led by Bruce Willis, Armageddon follows the story of NASA enlisting a group of oil drillers to fly into space, land on a massive asteroid that’s hurtling towards Earth, drill into the rock and insert a nuclear bomb to destroy it.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The typical doomsayers came out in force to predict some new apocalypse, but several less frightening factors seemed to be at play.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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My point isn’t that The Last Of Us should be creating a Jackson that is a magical, oasis free of judgment, hate, and societal issues — that’s probably more of a fantasy than a mushroom zombie apocalypse.—
Patricia Karounos,
Refinery29,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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How to sear into a reader’s brain the profound calamity of a dozen savage killings?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Trump spoke before the worldwide stock market calamity finally got to him.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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After severe storms hit the state in mid-March, Sanders applied for disaster relief through FEMA, under what's known as a major disaster declaration.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The march happened after more disasters caused by climate change and pollution impacted the country.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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“End-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end-time. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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