doomsday

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Recent Examples on the Web In what felt like a true doomsday scenario, tornados broke out across the state, killing several people before Milton had even arrived. Kathryn Varn, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024 Getty Images Wells Fargo’s latest regulatory hiccup isn’t a doomsday scenario. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024 It’s long been referred to as a doomsday fish, a reference that likely stems from Japenese folklore, which considered spotting such a fish a precursor to natural disasters, especially earthquakes. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024 Set in 1987, The Birthday stars Feldman as Norman Forrester, who attends his girlfriend’s father’s birthday, where he gets caught up in a doomsday cult’s conspiracy. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for doomsday 
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Noun
  • The rule could prevent a disaster like the one that happened with Synapse, where thousands of consumers lost access to their funds.
    Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Regional authorities have been heavily criticized for having issued alerts to mobile phones some two hours after the disaster had started.
    Hernán Muñoz and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Set one year after the zombie apocalypse has supposedly come to an end, the film will follow a desperate couple who set out to find a cure for their infected daughter.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
  • For another end of the world that features not a bang but a whimper, try Julia Armfield’s Private Rites, which stars three sisters dealing with the death of their cruel genius father in the midst of a watery apocalypse.
    Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Following a bridge collapse on the property, authorities rescued a man after he was trapped under a tractor in an Illinois creek for more than 30 minutes.
    David Chiu, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • For the ancient creatures, collapse could have been triggered by many causes.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Life itself, with all its toil, drudgery, tragedy, and pain, is weighty enough.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • At the groundbreaking, First Selectman Bill Gerber noted that the tragedies on Redding Road have resulted in a number of people who have become emotionally invested in making safety a priority.
    Brian Gioiele, Connecticut Post, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The project takes Armageddon Time and Ad Astra director Gray back to his We Own The Night and Little Odessa roots.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Gray most recently directed the 2022 drama feature Armageddon Time that starred Hathaway and Strong.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Despite certain calamities — like the Great Recession or the tech bubble of the early 2000s — the S&P 500 has turned into a long-term, compounding machine.
    Bret Kenwell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Patrick Crusius worried that Texas — hot and dry and facing climate calamity — was being overrun by immigrants.
    Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024

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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsday. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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