wiped out
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As of the closing bell, the S&P 500 had wiped out its advance from earlier in the week, placing a lengthy weekly winning streak in jeopardy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
While other sports unions have succumbed to a salary cap—the NHL wiped out the entire 2004-05 season to get there—the MLB Players Association has remained steadfast in its opposition against the concept for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
The most famous is probably the North American grey squirrel, which has nearly wiped out our native red squirrel populations.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Before the Seychelles population was wiped out, the species occupied an even larger range that stretched more than 12,000 kilometers from Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
But all of that had been wiped out by the war.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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