devastating
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"To see three storms undo a place that brought so much peace is devastating," Henken continued.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
"This is a devastating loss of life," he said earlier in the statement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
The cunning, determined, rhetorically skillful Odysseus, long absent from his kingdom after a devastating war, becomes the devilishly clever Satan, cast down from his original home after the angelic civil war in heaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
It also follows devastating earthquakes in Colombia and Venezuela earlier this year.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The shaking lasted for four minutes with the usual devastating effects to property.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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