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They’re merely following the lead of World Cup organizer FIFA, which is turning this upcoming three-nation showcase into an epic, All-American ransack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Overton’s 32 from 21 balls and Archer’s 17-ball 38 helped the visitors ransack 100 in the last 10 overs, including 21 off the final over.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024

By that he meant the way representatives from other schools would surely try to lure his players away, using lucrative NIL offers to ransack his team through the transfer portal.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

He said he was worried thieves would ransack whatever belongings remained, and he now lives in his car.

From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2023

While the British rested, a group of Washington locals, later described by Paul Jennings as “rabble,” took the opportunity to ransack the White House.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

McEwan ransacks recent U.K. history, telescoping its events into a demented counter-factual fantasia marked by insurrection and overflowing garbage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2019

That can be useful when scientists or wildlife managers must relocate an animal, such as a grizzly bear that ransacks campsites for food.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2019

During a peaceful evening at church, someone ransacks the family home and steals their beloved dog.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2018

In “A Reason to Apologize to Friends,” Galchen tells a story about a cabinet that her pre-verbal, not yet walking daughter joyfully ransacks and that she is left to tediously straighten, over and over.

From Slate ● May 4, 2016

In vain my forceps ransacks every nook and corner: it does not hit upon a single pupa.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Education Minister Édouard Geffray said 24 schools had been "burned and ransacked" since the start of the protests.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

When the family stepped inside for the first time since they fled, they found their home had been ransacked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Roebuck further discovered that his workshop had been ransacked.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Pharmacies, supermarkets and other businesses were ransacked, said residents, some of whom complained of the slow and meager post-quake aid coming from authorities.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

They ransacked the place for evidence of his undercover work.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

The pontiff responded by saying he had a "moral duty to speak out" against war -- and then sparked more headlines with a speech in Cameroon lambasting "tyrants" ransacking the world.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

The World Cup feels like a competition to soak soccer fans, writes columnist Jason Gay, accusing NJ Transit of following FIFA’s ransacking lead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

“Our city will not tolerate criminals ransacking our businesses,” Police Chief Bill Scott said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2023

Most of the ransacking took place on the night that charges against Dial were dismissed, although six arrests were made the following night.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

He is three or four stories below, ransacking one of the rooms; she hears what sounds like a crate of ball bearings get dumped onto the floor.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr