ruin
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From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
In that line of work, you’ve got to get some stuffy studio executives to write a check for $50,000,000 in order to bring a story to life that someone might ruin with a poor director.”
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Losing such a large amount “would absolutely ruin me financially,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Tresnjak’s production, which utilizes the 1956 adaptation by Maurice Valency, centers on the small town of Güllen, which is facing financial ruin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some roofs were fitted with new chimneys or water towers, while other structures had fallen into further ruin.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
The ruins at Ground Zero were certainly a public health crisis.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The event, hosted by UK charity Since 9/11, was held near a memorial sculpture made from steel recovered from the ruins of the World Trade Center.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
From agricultural terraces to temple ruins under Mexico City to art collections and more, tourists can get a glimpse of Aztec life from 500 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In Nuwakot, AFP photographers on Tuesday saw people scouring through mud into the rubble of their homes for usable items, some clearing away dirt and stringing up plastic sheeting for shelter in the ruins.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I’ve seen it before. You just remember us, okay? We meet in the outside world, it just ruins it. You’ll be embarrassed of me and I...”
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
I thought it was going to get ruined for people on the West Coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Fennessey’s job has attuned him to “people’s emotional fear of having their favorite thing ruined for them,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Influencers have ruined the US Open for actual tennis fans.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
His community struggles to survive a single harvest ruined by floods, and sees "the farmers are getting more and more aged, and the newer generation is not interested in farming."
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“She said now the goats have a taste for them. She’ll never be able to keep them out of the garden. I’ve single-handedly ruined everything.”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
"I heard my fans were worried negativity was ruining things for me but... that could not be more than the opposite," she said on stage in Chicago.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Nothing is happening, updates are reaching us late. It's ruining our itinerary," 22-year-old traveller William Obino told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Pastry-hunting tourists are ruining this Italian mountain refuge.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“We are not ruining a park,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Sorry for ruining the ending, but if you didn’t see it coming, you really should read more stories.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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