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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

I ransack my mind and come up with nothing.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

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

I taunted him, as he searched the tool-box in the same way a child ransacks a Christmas stocking.

From The Motor Maid by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson

In the latest, and biggest, cyberattack that has buffeted the world this “Black October,” North Korean hackers ransacked Binance on Thursday afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

A bust of Marianne - symbol of the French Republic - was damaged and knocked to the floor in Marseille as people ransacked the building.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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

For the next two weeks, Little Jule is alone in that ransacked house.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

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

“When people started to see the video” showing the ransacking of the Compton bakery, “they were so offended that we started to get a lot of tips,” Luna said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

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

I began ransacking the house and while overturning the torn straw mattress I found a pair of old, rusted keys in one of the holes.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane