be destroyed
Example Sentences
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It’s generally better to create a nature reserve and try to protect species than to let them be destroyed.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Millwall said the council confirmed any remaining copies of the booklet they have will be destroyed and no more copies will be made and distributed.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Their results indicate that about eight out of 10 planets around tight binary stars would be destabilized, and most of those would ultimately be destroyed.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
But when Jobs returned, they received a call informing them that the off-site warehouse where they stashed documents and products would be shuttered in 24 hours—and anything that wasn’t preserved would be destroyed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
How could anything less deserve to be destroyed?
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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