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as in inferno
a destructive burning the holocaust caused by the ignited chemicals completely destroyed the factory and several surrounding homes

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Recent Examples of holocaust Apocalypse, holocaust, and the fascistic desire to dominate. Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025 Art lovers flock to the world-renowned Van Gogh Museum, while the Anne Frank House offers a deeply poignant window into the harrowing trauma of the holocaust. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 The figures Mirga-Tas depicts are mostly survivors of the Romani holocaust of World War II, or their descendants; the series demands an acknowledgment of the genocide, in which hundreds of thousands of Roma were murdered by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1939 and 1945. Melissa Harris, Artforum, 10 July 2025 But nearly 20 percent of the 156 total episodes were tied to WW2, nuclear holocaust, or Cold War anxiety. Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for holocaust
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  • The scrutiny comes after the arrest of Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is accused of setting a smaller blaze six days earlier that authorities say sparked the larger inferno.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
  • His partner also appeared to help pull the man away from the inferno.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
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  • After surviving the massacre and making a recovery that surprised even her doctors, Sophia returned home in time to celebrate her upcoming 13th birthday, a family spokesperson told CNN.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • During this second season, which ended up being the final one, a lot of people felt the massacre in Ghorman resonated with the real world, specifically Gaza.
    E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • In warm weather, rent a paddleboard from the hotel and glide across Lake Estes, or warm up around the fire pits or in the dry sauna.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The fire broke out in June 2024 when Stephen Kuehl and his family stayed at a rental cabin in Juneau County.
    Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Language purists like to remind anyone who will listen that decimation actually means the slaughter of one in ten people, and was the military punishment wielded by the Roman army against deserters and mutineers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some will welcome it; there is certainly an argument that the attempts to imitate Guardiola’s style, playing from the back against high-class opponents with a plan to press them into mistakes, led to some coaches leading their teams like lambs to the slaughter.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Holocaust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holocaust. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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