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The miracle of our species isn’t that we annihilate each other, it’s that we cooperate at all.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

"Dark matter could straightforwardly be two different particles, and the two different particles need to find each other in order to annihilate."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026

Self-proclaimed experts usually attract trouble through hubris, though I’ve seen bank traders and hedge fund managers annihilate themselves with slavish beliefs in trading ranges.

From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026

The spokesperson added: "We stand ready to annihilate Ms Pisciotta's tall tales before a jury − an exoneration so inevitable that even she, lost in her fog of fantasy, must surely see it coming."

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

One can think of these fluctuations as pairs of particles of light or gravity that appear together at some time, move apart, and then come together again and annihilate each other.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

“She annihilates people on the steep pitch that’s like a sheet of ice,” Street said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

I’ve learned that chemotherapy does kill cancer cells, but also annihilates other cells in the body, including the ones that produce hair.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022

Meanwhile, deforestation, which annihilates the fungi along with their host trees, disrupts this whole underground, climate change-fighting ecosystem.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022

Sánchez didn’t invent shaped-canvas paintings, a hybrid sculpture-painting form that projects from the wall and often annihilates the old-fashioned frame.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2019

Also, this sort of farming annihilates the soil.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Let’s take managed-care stocks, which have been annihilated year to date.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

That this curiosity translates to cold, hard cash is fantastic news in the streaming era, when Netflix, Hulu and the like have all but annihilated the theatrical mid-budget film.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026

He annihilated the Carthaginians and Numidians standing in his way, which forced Hannibal to retreat from southern Italy to fight what each man hoped would be “a final battle” at Zama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025

Two brand-new 737 Max airliners crashing in 2018 and 2019 annihilated public trust in Boeing, and the company has struggled to find its footing ever since.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025

Then came Pope Julius, and he found the Church powerful, possessing all of the Romagna, having destroyed the Roman barons, and having annihilated their factions by Alexander’s blows.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

The Jewish holiday Purim celebrates their triumph roughly 2,500 years ago over a minister to the king bent on annihilating the empire’s Jews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Early on, researchers suspected that dark matter particles migh t be colliding and annihilating each other, creating intense bursts of radiation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2025

But Ginsberg cautioned that dehumanization “didn't propose a compassion or tenderness or mutual involvement or Buddha nature as an alternative. It proposed a complete annihilating void and nothingness.”

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025

But Mr Pezeshkian, who was elected in July, adopted a more conciliatory tone than his hard-line predecessors, avoiding rhetoric about annihilating the Islamic Republic’s arch-enemy.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024

He was as though suddenly and joyfully awakened from a dark annihilating stupor.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley