ravage

Example Sentences

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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

The Antonine Plague, perhaps a form of smallpox, had begun to ravage the empire, as it would for more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

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

More than 50 years since its publication, the story of the Buendía family and the tragicomic events that ravage their small town of Macondo remains one of the most beloved novels of the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

There were no baboons or porcupines or wild pigs to ravage it, as there had been at the other place.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer