Sentence examples for disasters off from inspiring English sources

The drowning of at least 1,200 migrants and refugees in disasters off the coast of Libya in April drove EU states to pour extra funding into Operation Triton, with more vessels joining search and rescue operations.

Relatives of those who died in one of the worst boat disasters off the shores of Europe in living memory are still waiting to be allowed to take their family members for a proper burial.

Two months after one of the worst boat disasters off the shores of Europe in living memory, the families of many of the victims are still waiting to be allowed to give them a proper burial.

The country's two previous financial implosions, in 1993 and 2001, were largely currency disasters, set off by a stampede of fleeing investors and lenders.

All natural disasters start off as just that -- natural.

It was as though a siren signaling disaster went off and then, just weeks later, there again was a siren, this time announcing "disaster over all clear".

The disaster set off wildcat strikes over safety at mines across the country.

The disaster set off talk of whether the pools should be subject to federal regulation.

Mr. Fugate continued: "When a disaster comes off the news and nobody is paying attention, we still don't go home".

Its combination of on-stage disasters and off-stage debacles is blissfully funny in a spot-on production and, with his experience, Talbot could deliver it.

Some see this as a threat a kind of guarantee of an unexpected future disaster set off by an unforeseen market malfunction or hidden miscalculation.