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They’re merely following the lead of World Cup organizer FIFA, which is turning this upcoming three-nation showcase into an epic, All-American ransack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Overton’s 32 from 21 balls and Archer’s 17-ball 38 helped the visitors ransack 100 in the last 10 overs, including 21 off the final over.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024

By that he meant the way representatives from other schools would surely try to lure his players away, using lucrative NIL offers to ransack his team through the transfer portal.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

Thursday’s announcement that Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of Fox and News Corp. prompted news organizations the world over to ransack the obituaries they have been keeping in their vaults.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

I ransack my mind and come up with nothing.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

So someone who ransacks a Goodwill to fill their closet to the brim is more likely to use their wardrobes less and get rid of their clothes in larger amounts, ultimately creating more textile waste.

From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2026

McEwan ransacks recent U.K. history, telescoping its events into a demented counter-factual fantasia marked by insurrection and overflowing garbage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2019

That can be useful when scientists or wildlife managers must relocate an animal, such as a grizzly bear that ransacks campsites for food.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2019

During a peaceful evening at church, someone ransacks the family home and steals their beloved dog.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2018

To paint the visions she inspires, Wilde ransacks the world for magnificent colouring.

From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Arthur Ransome

Pharmacies, supermarkets and other businesses were ransacked, said residents, some of whom complained of the slow and meager post-quake aid coming from authorities.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The offices of several environmentalist groups were ransacked in the Charente-Maritime department.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

One baby ransacked her belongings, another clung to her for months as a surrogate mother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

After a den of thieves ransacked a rural Northern California home so many times that the owner fled in fear, the property fell into even wilder hands: a group of bears, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025

The inside of his head seemed to be in complete disarray, as though his brain had been ransacked.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Other treasures on view include a charred 18th-century Torah scroll that survived the British ransacking of a synagogue, George Washington’s inaugural chair and Bible, and a New York printing of the Declaration of Independence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The pontiff responded by saying he had a "moral duty to speak out" against war -- and then sparked more headlines with a speech in Cameroon lambasting "tyrants" ransacking the world.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

In 1874 after an Asante attack, British troops launched a "punitive expedition", in the colonial language of the time, ransacking Kumasi and taking many of the palace treasures.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024

“Our city will not tolerate criminals ransacking our businesses,” Police Chief Bill Scott said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2023

All night he had been ransacking his desk for his notes on the British monarch of legend, notes hurriedly copied from a hundred-page survey of British history that he had once read in paperback.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole