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The act protects endangered species from people who might intentionally kill or try to destroy their habitat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

"Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson, a special effects specialist, said in May at the Cannes Film Festival that he thought AI was "going to destroy the world".

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

"This is no longer about finding the truth about Epstein. It is about trying to destroy Mr Black," Susan Estrich, an attorney for Black, said in a press release on Thursday.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

In advanced cases, the disease can destroy supporting bone, loosen teeth, and eventually cause tooth loss.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

My only choice is to find the toxin Epsilon-5 has made and try to destroy it.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

"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

“It destroys almost any aspect of a girl’s life and it doesn’t deliver any benefit,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

Lightning sand is moist and basically destroys by drowning.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Cutting off a foreign bank from the U.S. has in the past effectively destroyed the foreign institution being targeted, while punishing U.S. lenders could make them rein in their correspondent banking activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

On Friday, two Nepali hydropower workers were rescued at the Trishuli 3A tunnel, where searches continued alongside multiple other sites, with at least 12 hydropower projects destroyed by the floods.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

He could also recite statistics on the percentage of Iran’s missiles, ships, airplanes, etc., we’ve destroyed in the six-month war.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

"The police stopped us from leaving and destroyed the boats," explains one.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Of everything we’d worked to attain—from our college schoolbooks, to our Sunday best, to the materials we used for teaching—much of it had been destroyed.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

The wall of icy water and debris tore through mountain districts on August 26, destroying roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

The U.S. military nevertheless took them seriously enough to warrant destroying them, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

As well as destroying each of the £250,000 vehicles, the fire damaged four electrical charging stations and cables costing approximately £5,000 each.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

A favorite spot for movie and TV filming, it has survived earthquakes, a notorious shooting and other natural disasters, But early Monday, a fire ripped through the district, destroying some of its most cherished landmarks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

When we destroy a wild area, we may be destroying a whole species of plant or animal that is not found anywhere else.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall