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“He had been president only thirteen days—and now he faced the prospect that to end the war and save American lives, he might have to obliterate Japan’s cities,” Mr. Scott writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

If you not yet 65 and are using ACA coverage, Roth conversions can obliterate premium subsidies.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

Nearly 60 years later, Congress has done all it can to obliterate that mission.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2025

What happens in the rest of the world could "obliterate" the budget choices the chancellor has already made.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

“You’re going to obliterate me, aren’t you? I know it.”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

“It’s still the most subversive comedy in ages, a smart bomb that obliterates its intended target.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

“The objects we’re trying to study–distant galaxies and stars–are 20 million times fainter than satellites. So when one of these streaks goes across the image, it completely obliterates the image.”

From National Geographic ● Aug. 11, 2023

In time, though, Tomas doesn’t just cross a line but obliterates it, moving in with Agathe and saying adieu to Martin for good — or so he thinks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

"What we now know as Precision Scheduled Railroading just obliterates our normal working agreements," said Burrows, a member of Railroad Workers United.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2023

His most remarkable feature besides his paleness, a paleness that obliterates any possible expression, is his hair.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

The situation has grown bleaker in the last decade and a half as commercial pressures have ramped up and media consolidation and digital shortsightedness have obliterated arts coverage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

"There's different models that schools will use to try and make sure that young people are not having parts of the curriculum obliterated because you don't have those staff - but sometimes it's really difficult."

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

This was the same nuclear program we were told had been obliterated 10 months ago in Operation Midnight Hammer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

"The jet was completely obliterated, and further searches are ongoing."

From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026

Compromised, indefinite, sketchy, but not entirely obliterated: free will is making a comeback.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe finished in 1:59:30, obliterating the previous record of 2:00:35 set at the 2023 Chicago Marathon by Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

The United States is the only country to have used nuclear weapons in combat, obliterating the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II, killing some 214,000 people.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

Myers’ vision for the area included reintroducing animals that had once been native inhabitants, including tule elk and bighorn sheep, and obliterating man-made intrusions, such as a rock quarry, petroleum waste pits, fences and roads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025

It may not even qualify as trash, but I remember Lost being a phenom when it was airing and its disastrous finale obliterating any goodwill it had built.

From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024

Though Seabiscuit had won the race easily, running the final quarter in a blazing twenty-four seconds flat and obliterating the track record by \% seconds, he had dragged early in the race.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand