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destroy

[dih-stroi] / dɪˈstrɔɪ /


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"Elephants come from time to time from Tsavo and Amboseli. They destroy many farms, not just mine," Michael said.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

This is the well known quantum Zeno effect, which would destroy the very phenomenon we want to study.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Then a controversy involving the American president helped destroy those vibes completely.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Critics say it would destroy public support for the program and increase bureaucracy and administrative costs, while barely putting a dent in the funding crisis.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

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

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

But conservation groups said the change would open the way to industrial activity that destroys habitats and was at odds with the statute.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

But a closer look at the data destroys this theory.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

"They destroyed my life and I cant go to my work now, I go to the work, I can't, everything has stopped."

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Fueled by ample dry vegetation after a snow-poor winter, the Spokane blazes had, by Monday, destroyed more than 700 structures and forced some 67,000 residents to evacuate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Three uncontained wildfires in eastern Washington have burned through more than 8,000 acres and destroyed hundreds of structures since the start of the month.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Most of the destruction from the fire, which broke out Friday, was in villages on the Gulf of Corinth including Porto Germeno, where scores of homes are thought to have been destroyed or damaged.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

It was the killer wind that had destroyed Saint-Pierre.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

Businesses aren’t adding or destroying many jobs, what economists call the “low hire, low-fire” economy.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Wildfires have forced around 60,000 people to evacuate parts of Washington state, destroying hundreds of buildings and leaving thousands without power.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

“That’s really kind of disheartening — that we’ve tried our best to mitigate fires ... yet fires are destroying more homes,” said Amanda Carlson, a research scientist with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Even more egregious is the case of AI companies buying and destroying rare books en masse in the process of scanning them for data.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

He slashed back and forth, destroying the demons one after the other while Small Bob the kitten sat on his shoulder, arching his back and hissing.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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