demolishing

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Sabastian Sawe wasn’t the only winner Sunday when he became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours in a legal race, demolishing the world record at the London Marathon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

It also comes amid other grandiose schemes such as demolishing the White House East Wing in order to install a $400-million ballroom, and announcing the construction of a large triumphal arch.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed the suit on Friday, arguing that the White House failed to seek necessary reviews before demolishing the historic East Wing in October.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

The process of blasting, cleaning, polishing, hoisting, cementing, securing and demolishing what has been built suggests that our director wants us to paraphrase Genesis: “From rubble you came and to rubble you shall return.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Unfortunately, his success in demolishing the supposed antipathy between garlic and magnets remained hidden from history until very recently; it is della Porta who established the new fact within the world of learning, not Garzoni.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton