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common disaster

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noun

Insurance.
  1. the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.


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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

Even delicate girls exert the power of giants at the time of emergency; even robbers or murderers are found to be kind and generous when we are thrown into a common disaster.

From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Nukariya, Kaiten

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