destruction
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In the end it emerges, however confusingly, that Varsha’s abilities are crucial to the work of environmental activists; supernatural forces may be the last check on mankind’s destruction of the earth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
This system marks specific proteins for destruction, effectively dismantling key components of the DNA repair network.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
You may be able to see the seeds of its destruction.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
“There’s no such thing as 4 million barrels a day of permanent demand destruction for oil,” he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
If we examine this carefully, we shall see that he was more merciful than the Florentine people, who allowed the destruction of Pistoia in order to avoid being considered cruel.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Vocabulary lists containing destruction
Biodiversity and Humans - Middle School and High School
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