demolished
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It began construction in September, and by October, the entire East Wing had been demolished.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026
The block is about to be demolished to make way for a gleaming new residential complex, and the mosaic is to be torn down.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
When BBC Verify reported that Qouzah was among several villages in southern Lebanon where buildings had been demolished after Israeli forces invaded, the Elias family got in touch.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Those samples should show traces of enriched uranium in the atmosphere if containers had been demolished.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Mr. Go much prefers to sit in the Show Room, in the stained Art Deco theater seats that originally belonged to a movie house in Oakland, now demolished.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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