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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meltdowns
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Andrés described how World Central Kitchen, which provides meals to communities impacted by disasters, brings food and water quickly in emergencies through on-the-ground aid.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026 -
Get ready for disasters and how to help Listos Training begins on June 13, offering a full day of training that can prepare you and your family for disasters and emergencies.—
Andrea Manes,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
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It has been cited seven times by the AQMD since 2012 for such things as failing to report breakdowns and failing to maintain a system that measures and records temperatures.—
Jason Henry,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Midfielder Onni Valakari framed the mistakes less as individual breakdowns than collective failures.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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The results mark one of the sharpest polling collapses of any modern president.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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The robot stops, availability collapses and trust erodes.—
John Wall,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Naturally, the theft of the ghost shirt by the stooges in the employ of Roy Lee is accompanied by many deceased bodies — the first of the many bloodbaths in Americana, which has a distressingly expedient approach to on-screen carnage.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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The winter had been a season of calamities, with one emergency or challenge after another.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Farmers markets — that humble and charming throwback to a bygone era — are also struggling with higher fuel prices, after weathering the economic calamities of the pandemic and other misfortunes.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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The California manufacture has unveiled a beastly off-roader that can be kitted out to protect you from any pending world-wide catastrophes.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
30 May 2026
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The catastrophes are not hypothetical.—
Shlomit Wagman,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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The effort to both support and regulate DCF comes at a time when the department is being criticized for its handling of several recent tragedies involving children.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
2 June 2026
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Those scenes' lighthearted whimsy, featuring late-night hijinks with classmates pranking grumpy instructors, pays off in the story's earliest tragedies.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
1 June 2026
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Few officials are sounding alarms and describing the problems accurately, free from partisan skewing.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
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The union has raised alarms about increases in calls coupled with a decrease in service since the fire district’s board voted last summer to remove from service an ambulance that operated on 12-hours shifts from circulation.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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“Meltdowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meltdowns. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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