common disaster
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Though joined by common disaster, they are meet-cute opposites: Odessa blingy, fatalistic and cool; Angela nerdy, anxious and eager to please.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2022
“If it was only for Japanese people we can say ‘an earthquake has occurred,’” said Kazuki Matsumoto, an official at the land ministry, describing a common disaster announcement.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2021
Each of the country’s over 30 million small businesses has unique needs and challenges in the face of a common disaster.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2020
We need the universities and we sympathize with their financial problems, but we beg to differ on the thesis of common disaster ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
His native state was in desolation; his friends, warm and true with the fidelity which a common disaster brings, were generally as destitute and helpless as himself.
From Poets of the South by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter
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