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And here’s where I counter that a movie about how algorithms destroy humanity has to have some credible humans in it, if only to illustrate its own point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Rights group Amnesty International urged countries to "resist" the move, saying the sanctions were "designed to isolate and ultimately destroy" the court.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The biggest pressures come from farming, which can destroy the habitats wildlife depends on, and burning fossil fuels for energy, which drives climate change.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

On its coal-dust-begrimed surface, Eugene O’Neill’s 1922 play “The Hairy Ape” is a stark, dramatically propulsive illustration of how brutal, underpaid manual labor can dehumanize and destroy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Centuries ago, it was prophesied that one day there will be a Manifestor who will destroy the Remarkable world. This person is called the Manowari, the destroyer.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Zoe nearly destroys Rushville to save herself, while John almost violates his principles to seize the ring from Hal, per the Guardians’ orders, and take out Zoe.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Conservationists argued it destroys habitat for rare species and reduces the forests’ ecological value.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

A wildfire that destroys energy generation facilities during a significant heat wave, for example, could cause enough capacity loss to generate the use of these tools, said Ackemann.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

"I'm even trembling. The truth is that for those of us from Villena, this destroys us. It's part of our heritage, of our wealth," the mayor said.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Lightning sand is moist and basically destroys by drowning.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

The road was completely destroyed, Zakhavko said, with blast craters every few feet and utility poles lying across it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Neither alive nor dead,” she writes, “suspended between present and past, peat is one of the strongest and most resilient resources on our planet. And yet, it is easily destroyed by human hands.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

His home was destroyed and his barber shop was partially damaged.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The researchers also designed the particles to avoid being immediately destroyed by the immune system.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

She jabbed her finger at the screen, and I could see that Professor McMillan hadn’t been kidding earlier—he really had already programmed the Glitch back to the Academy on the night it was destroyed.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

His government re-established its authority across the country and restored it to its proper function of defending life and property without destroying democracy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Under the right conditions, a small star can steadily extract matter from a nearby brown dwarf without immediately destroying it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

At Olympic and South Lake, where encampments line the street and a fire once spread into a church parking lot, destroying vehicles, there’s a concrete triangle that was heaped with trash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"We're destroying the world as we're trying to save it," Truesdale says of the land clearing he has seen.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Frank waded forward, destroying everything in his path.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan