demolishing
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A third runway would mean demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting rivers and rerouting a section of the M25 motorway through a tunnel.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The cost of Gary, Ind.’s blight elimination campaign, which includes demolishing part of the downtown, securing investment from local employers and resurrecting dormant neighborhoods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Of the options for what to do with it once bought, demolishing the site was out of the question for historians.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Anta collaborated with Chinese scientists to develop a type of foam cushion made with nitrogen that provides extra bounciness—all but demolishing Nike’s competitive moat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Unfortunately, his success in demolishing the supposed antipathy between garlic and magnets remained hidden from history until very recently; it is della Porta who established the new fact within the world of learning, not Garzoni.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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