ruin
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“It’s a shame, if it’s going to ruin an entire neighborhood,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
A newly single writer and her daughter arrive in Sicily, carrying a fragment of a Roman ruin that they hope to return to its original site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The church came under renewed scrutiny in Japan after the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, with the suspected gunman blaming the organisation for his family's financial ruin.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
And then that’s all I could think about while I was doing it, and I was on a road to ruin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
I almost tell him they aren’t that interesting—the closest thing they have to the Gift is fried fair food—but I won’t ruin it for him.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
The ruins at Ground Zero were certainly a public health crisis.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Its landscape is dotted with ruins of 19th-century fortresses and munitions dumps, from a time when Japan was waging war on China and Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri spoke to locals from Sano Bakhu who are shocked by the damage to neighbouring Syfrubesi, left in ruins after the flooding.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
He said he recovered nothing from the ruins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Doli jumped down, and after examining several trees ran quickly to the ruins of an enormous hollow oak.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
"He's just ruined my life, essentially," she added.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The shortages have roiled logistics, lifted costs and ruined the plans of many Mongolians accustomed to taking advantage of the short summer season with a road trip in the picturesque countryside.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Influencers have ruined the US Open for actual tennis fans.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
I mean, if this was the first hunt they’d messed up, it’d be one thing, but this is more like the thousandth hunt they’ve ruined for me.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
But Dema is concerned that the explosion of tourism could lead to less scrupulous operators ruining the business for everyone.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Pastry-hunting tourists are ruining this Italian mountain refuge.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“If they want to apologize for threatening us and ruining perfectly good systems, that’s a good start.”
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
MLB fans like to complain the Dodgers are ruining baseball, but many other teams could have met the price the Dodgers paid to acquire Tarik Skubal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
She has been ruining that vanilla wafer this whole time.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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