obliterated
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A few days ago came the astonishing news that the world record in the half-marathon was obliterated by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightning in Beijing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
“My existence,” concludes a minor figure who proves to be anything but insignificant, “was nothing more than a drawing in the sand obliterated by the wind.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Iran, he said, had been completely obliterated, yet it clearly hasn’t.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
In written remarks prepared for the hearing, Gabbard had asserted those attacks "obliterated" Iran's nuclear enrichment programme, and Iran had made "no efforts" to rebuild it.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
The limestone that elsewhere gives Iowa its hard mineralized water was obliterated and replaced by the shocked basement rocks that so puzzled the water driller in 1912.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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