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And everyone says, “Ooh, yummy Ottolenghi,” and everybody goes home and does the same thing next time and it’s all a huge conspiracy to destroy people’s ability to cook.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

Environmentalists also say river bank fortifications destroy shallow-water zones where aquatic life and insects breed -- and the adjoining natural floodplains that act like sponges at times of excess water.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

"And if you're taking pictures with your phone or looking through a telescope or binoculars, you have to get a solar filter… because the UV light can destroy the lens," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Their competitors are going to destroy them using those tools.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Well, any more habitats you want to destroy before we get back to town?”

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Stanford researchers have identified a previously unknown immune cell that destroys nearby cells by exploding.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

It destroys the ties that bind and encourages anger and petulance.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

That’s because if the deal goes through it stands a good chance to fail — failure in this case meaning that the combined company destroys more shareholder value than it creates.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Destinus, which specializes in strike and air-defense systems, will lead the consortium and bear responsibility for the kill vehicle, the component that destroys ballistic missiles in space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

It is when confronted by the overwhelming signal of free molecules of endotoxin, evoking memories of vibrios in great numbers, that the limulus flies into panic, launches all his defenses at once, and destroys himself.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

"I feel fortunate that I've been allowed back, but the house across the road still has hotspots and is destroyed."

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

In Willenhall, West Midlands, at least three homes and several gardens were destroyed in fires on Stonehouse Avenue and Harry Perks Street.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The West Midlands Fire Service said 19 houses were completely destroyed and 18 others damaged in the town.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

For decades, scientists generally assumed that fossilization destroyed the original organic molecules once present in bones, teeth, and other tissues.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

A New York Daily News editorial guessed that this was a hydrogen bomb, perhaps five to ten times as powerful as the fission bomb that destroyed the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Around 2,000 had been evacuated from nearby villages as the fire ripped through the surrounding hills, damaging homes and destroying cars in the early hours.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

In the summer of 2016, the Soberanes fire burned more than 130,000 acres north of Big Sur, destroying dozens of homes and forcing evacuations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Monday, destroying 153 buildings and damaging many others across several provinces along the country’s western mountain range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The most valuable answer may have nothing to do with destroying it.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

They were a patriotic town, he said, with patriots among them, and my association with Ocean was destroying their image.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi