devastation
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“The fire that happened here last January, the devastation to our city and to the Palisades community was really unimaginable,” Raman said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
But the true devastation comes in an instrumental just after the bridge.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
The Toba supereruption, centered in what is now Indonesia, unleashed devastation on a staggering scale.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Nathan Hochman had said the plea marked a “step toward justice and a measure of closure for the victims,” adding that it could not undo the devastation of that day.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
In her week in the world of Cittàgazze, she had seen enough devastation, enough Specter-eaten adults and wild, scavenging children, to have a horror of those ethereal vampires.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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