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• When disaster strikes, everyone should know their role.
  — Hristo Rusev, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
• When disaster strikes, there are no red states or blue states.
  — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024
• Taking steps now can pay off in a big way if disaster strikes.
  — Mityne Lewis, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2024
• However, disaster strikes, and Sakamoto is forced to go on the run.
  — Brittany Vincent, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023
• If disaster strikes one or the other, some birds will survive.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2023
• The sheep farmers end up coming to a head after disaster strikes their flocks.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 4 June 2021
• When a weather disaster strikes, people want to know whether climate change is to blame.
  — Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
• When disaster strikes, there’s often a sense of urgency to do something to avoid the same outcome in the future.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
• One of the biggest takeaways: Don’t wait until disaster strikes to do it yourself.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024
• But neither is a Game 1 or 2 starter unless disaster strikes.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• The most pressing is raising the debt limit in the next few weeks before financial disaster strikes.
  — Sarah Donaldson, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2021
• When disaster strikes, people don’t always run to help.
  — courant.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• Companies like to spread their risk across as wide an area as possible, so that if disaster strikes in one place, they aren’t left on the hook for too much of the damage on their own.
  — Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• People like Edgar Castillo, whose jobs start when disaster strikes.
  — Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2023
• Tension mounts every time tragedy looms or disaster strikes.
  — Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
• When disaster strikes oil rigs in the North Sea, the workers must survive as floating buildings crumble into the stormy ocean and the water explodes into flames.
  — James Grebey, TIME, 19 July 2024
• Camp said those who can afford to be prepared, do so — so when disaster strikes, first responders can give their attention to the people who need it most.
  — Cara Korte, CBS News, 11 July 2023
• But from there, disaster strikes at nearly every turn, and not even a surprise cameo from Sharon Stone or a voice memo from Waititi himself can save the nuptials.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2023
• When a huge plumbing disaster strikes, most Airbnb guests would pack their bags and demand their money back, while their hosts would glumly write off their profits and try to forget about it.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
• When disaster strikes, the task of speedy restoration is so monumental that outside help is needed.
  — Chris Dipentima, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2024
• The codes should be in place before disaster strikes, to avert huge costs, devastation to communities that cannot afford to rebuild and very preventable loss of life.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2023
• The film stars a pair of fashion models who are left stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaires and a cleaning lady after a disaster strikes their luxury cruise.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2022
• Every year the administration appoints one member of the Cabinet to remain outside the House chamber during the State of the Union in case disaster strikes.
  — Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022
• Culpo confidently struts in the full look — until fashion disaster strikes.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• This compact, 34-inch emergency snow shovel is perfect to have on hand in case disaster strikes because of its foldable design, adjustable shaft length, and durable blade.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
• Knowing the basics about homeowners insurance and filing a claim can help avoid some pitfalls if disaster strikes.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2023
• But what’s funny about these jokes is that no matter the context, BeReal would most likely look much the same as ever: people sitting at their desks while, elsewhere, disaster strikes.
  — Sophie Haigney, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2022
• Numerous small towns near the park can be accessed by only a few steep mountain roads, leaving few evacuation routes if disaster strikes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
• Investors seem to be assuming that, one way or another, the debt ceiling will be raised before economic disaster strikes.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2023
• Italians generally do not dwell on the fact that their livelihoods, or their lives, could be at risk from natural calamities — at least not until disaster strikes, experts say.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 27 May 2023

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024