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She compared Michael to other recent music biopics, commenting that "the line between 'cinema' and 'merchandise' has come close to being obliterated".
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The world’s fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan’s record time of 57 minutes, 20 seconds, was obliterated Sunday in Beijing by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightning.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 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
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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