Sentence examples for caused catastrophe from inspiring English sources

This is not the first time a highly innovative approach to a severe disease has caused catastrophe.

Eisenstein finally wrote, "What caused catastrophe to overtake the picture I had worked on for two years?

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a leading Shiite cleric here, criticized the American strikes in Tal Afar, near the Syrian border, saying Americans had caused "catastrophes," The Associated Press reported.

Deteriorated steel truss bridges have caused catastrophes in the USA and Japan.

But even if weapons spread, only their use would cause catastrophe.

Financial innovation has the potential to do a tremendous amount of good, but it can also cause catastrophe.

All of these could cause global catastrophes that would wipe out large portions of the planet's life, but, given we have survived for several hundreds of thousands of years while at risk of these, it is unlikely that a natural disaster such as that will cause catastrophe in the next few centuries.

Instead it seems to deploy what I call the providential principle: if there's even a 1% chance that our policy will not cause catastrophe, we'll take it.

What has happened is that a team of researchers, using improved detection techniques, has determined that the number of near-Earth asteroids capable of causing catastrophe is about half that of previous estimates.

Law enforcement authorities were wise to the race, and the drugs some drivers ingested in to stay awake long enough to drive 120-plus miles per hour across the country in one go seemed a recipe for disaster (although Car and Driver says that only one team ever crashed, neatly supporting Mr. Yates's contention that good drivers can drive fast without causing catastrophe).

No one was reported injured, but cops hid behind their cars and at least one man was charged with attempting to cause catastrophe after he allegedly tried to light a napkin on fire in a cop car's gas tank.