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wreak

[reek] / rik /


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Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Friday that "anyone who sets out to wreak havoc on our streets, to intimidate or threaten anyone... can expect to face the full force of the law".

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

"For anyone who sets out to wreak havoc on our streets, to intimidate or threaten anyone, you can expect to face the full force of the law".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Overall, the declining birth rate “continues to wreak havoc with the fragile vitality of public schools,” Fuller added.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Cuts of cables to Taiwan in 2023 and 2025 were notably precise in hitting areas where they would wreak the most havoc, Hsu testified.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

My father’s long imprisonment began to wreak daily nightmares on everybody in the house.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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