ravaged
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Days before the fires ravaged L.A. in 2025, Altadena-based historian and author India Mandelkern had a phone call with Karagozian, who was interested in collaborating on a project about the D Line.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The colonial trade also ravaged the archipelago's forests and wrecked communities, with able-bodied men required to offer 40 days of unpaid service to fell trees and build ships under Spanish foremen.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Pope Leo has criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants" in unusually forceful comments during a visit to Cameroon.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
This week, as the crew of four astronauts lifted off to the moon for the first time in 54 years, they renewed the hopes of a ravaged nation.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Plants she could count on earlier were ravaged by baboons.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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