On a bad day it was a bone-jarring, breath-eating nightmare of near catastrophe.

At the end of the meal, the diner, barring a near nuclear catastrophe, will leave a tip.

But nothing tested his forbearance more than a wait like this, marking time until a near certain catastrophe, unable to intervene.

While on one of her many mercy missions, she was involved in a near catastrophe.

This near catastrophe sparked the idea for Operation Mincemeat.

Afra was hot with anger at the near catastrophe.

The near catastrophe gives Greta a wake-up call and shows her how deeply her own actions impact those around her.

The two reached a détente Sunday night, but not before there was a near catastrophe.

On Sunday of the Labor Day weekend in 1990, a near catastrophe became the catalyst for the church's five-year restoration plan.

At the end of March, a near catastrophe occurred.