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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as disasters" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are comparing or categorizing events or situations that are considered disastrous.
Example: "The recent events unfolded as disasters, leaving communities in turmoil and despair."
Alternatives: "like disasters" or "in the manner of disasters".
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As disasters go, these two are perhaps not much alike.
The tornadoes' damage, only $1.5m, was low-cost as far as disasters go.
It may also help rescue the profession's reputation, by highlighting architectural triumphs as well as disasters.
However, those activities were not seen as disasters at the time, at least by the people who carried them out.
These are highly context-specific, as disasters tend to exacerbate pre-existing gender inequalities, which vary from community to community.
As disasters unfold, this is just the struggle to which each member of the Lambert family is comically committed.
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Of course, there were as many disasters as there were triumphs.
But not as lamentable as Disaster Movie.
She regards it as "disaster tourism".
He knows that companies like his are sometimes seen as disaster vultures but dismisses the criticism.
"Sometimes good luck comes disguised as disaster," she counselled Alone and Crying.
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