ravage

Now we’re told artificial intelligence will ravage humanity like a zombie apocalypse, so let’s ban data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The Citrini selloff latched onto the market’s recent paranoia that artificial intelligence could ravage established players in a range of industries.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

“Christian forgiveness does not demand we allow the cruel to ravage the whole earth; it demands we love our enemies,” he said.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2025

At least 30 people have died in Beijing and more than 80,000 were evacuated to safety, Chinese authorities said, as heavy rains and floods ravage roads and houses in northern China.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025

I ravage the pantry and fridge, but we don’t even have tortillas—nothing except condiments, eggs, and one sad pickle floating in a jar.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

The corps was far more numerous than the populations of the villages on its route; its ravages cleaned out food stores that local peoples counted on for survival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

They have found one of the healthiest, most diverse reefs in the region, free from the ravages of the stoney coral disease plaguing the Caribbean.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

The mayor of Suakin dreams of a rebirth for his town, an ancient Red Sea port spared by the wars that have marked Sudan's history but reduced to ruins by the ravages of time.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

They experience the same ravages of time, and they’re subject to the same echo chambers that the modern digital experience demands.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

And that has saved countless lives from the ravages of deadly infections.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Flooding—which ravaged coastal towns and my basement over the weekend—is also more frequent, in part because warmer water helps strengthen storms.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

For 20 years, its orange groves have been ravaged by an incurable disease that causes fruit to drop before it is ripe, and leaves it tasting bitter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Wildfires, long heatwaves and drought have ravaged Europe during what is expected to be the world's fastest-warming continent's hottest summer on record.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

It creaked past his shelter, past the collapsed buildings and ravaged orchards towards the west, away from the Yellow Line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

The entire sky garden was beyond recognition, burned and charred as though an unseen force had ravaged every iota of life there.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The ravaging of the museum reflects the destruction seen across Khartoum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Tens of thousands of emigrants from Ireland, desperate to escape the famine ravaging their home country, landed in 1847 at the Grosse Île quarantine station in what is now the Canadian province of Quebec.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Fame is a bedfellow of the newer, more modern American dream, which promises not only contentment, but success, as a reward for ambition, ravaging the lifestyles of millions of people in the process.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

For the past week, firefighters have been tackling a series of wildfires ravaging the Spanish countryside, threatening dozens of communities and forcing more than 70,000 people to evacuate their homes.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Her doctors had just diagnosed it, an aggressive form of lymphoma, already ravaging her organs.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama