Sentence examples for potential cataclysm from inspiring English sources

During the Great Depression, as in September, 2008, the Fed faced a potential cataclysm, and it needed some freedom to maneuver, which Congress granted it.

If the debt ceiling is increased, avoiding a potential cataclysm — an outcome cherished by more than a few Tea Party-affiliated House Republicans — the president has a chance to stay on the offensive on the deficit issue, particularly if he offers significant budget cuts and revenue increases now and next year that are supported by the public.

I feel grateful for the marriage I have and -- here's what I think is probably the key -- I'm tolerant of small problems and differences because I am so acutely aware of the big picture, of how unimportant those differences may be when compared to the potential cataclysm of divorce.

Examining the ways in which climate change has long disrupted human societies, this sober, forceful history anticipates the potential cataclysms to come, in a world that, because of man-made emissions, is warming at an unprecedented rate.

In the end, a pell-mell, decades-long rush to throw up housing and businesses along fragile and vulnerable coastlines trumped commonsense concerns about the wisdom of placing hundreds of thousands of closely huddled people in the path of potential cataclysms.

The combination — of political stalemate and potential economic cataclysm — will create an extraordinary period after this year's election.

Other panelists described the competing responsibilities of maximizing returns while safeguarding against the financial risks of potential climate cataclysm.

Compared with the potential global cataclysm of true climate change, even the war in Iraq and the national debt pale.

How do we understand the impact of climate change and natural disasters on people and architecture, and how does humanity learn from our mistakes and try to prepare for potential future cataclysms?

The potential for sudden cataclysm is greater than ever.

But perhaps none has exploited the potential of constant connectivity for public cataclysm like Ms. O'Connor.