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  • 1walking disaster — Noun. A person who is prone to having accidents or mishaps. Occasionally extended to walking disaster area …

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  • 2disaster — noun 1 bad event/situation ADJECTIVE ▪ awful, big, catastrophic, devastating, enormous (esp. AmE), great, horrible, huge, large scale (esp. AmE) …

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  • 3walking — walk|ing1 [ˈwo:kıŋ US ˈwo:k ] n [U] 1.) especially BrE the activity or sport of going for walks, especially in the countryside or mountains →↑hiking, rambling ↑rambling ▪ We went walking in the hills. walking boots/shoes walking holiday/tour etc… …

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  • 4walking — 1 noun (U) 1 especially BrE the activity or sport of going for walks, especially in the countryside; go hiking (hike2 (1)): go walking: We went walking near Cambridge last weekend. 2 the sport of walking long distances as fast as you can without… …

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  • 5Walking — (of a person) having the quality typical of some specified thing: walking calculator , walking dictionary , walking disaster area , walking garbage disposal …

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  • 6walking — Australian Slang (of a person) having the quality typical of some specified thing: walking calculator , walking dictionary , walking disaster area , walking garbage disposal …

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  • 7Boston Molasses Disaster — Aftermath of the disaster; photo by Globe Newspaper Co. (Boston Public Library) The Boston Molasses Disaster, also known as the Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy, occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End… …

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  • 8Springhill mining disaster — Mine shed at Springhill, NS The term Springhill mining disaster can refer to any of three separate Canadian mining disasters which occurred in 1891, 1956, and 1958 in different mines within the Springhill coalfield, near the town of Springhill in …

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  • 9The Walking Dead — Infobox comic book title title = The Walking Dead caption =Cover art for The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye trade paperback. Art by Tony Moore. schedule = Monthly ongoing = y publisher = Image Comics date=October 2003 Present issues = Zombie = y… …

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  • 10Chicago Central Area Transit Plan — The Chicago Central Area Transit Plan, or generally referred to as the Chicago Central Area Transit Project (CCATP) in the 1970s, was an extensive study of the rapid transit system in downtown Chicago; the study had begun in 1965. In April 1968,… …

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