ruination
Example Sentences
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It had once been a whaling village, and the humble buildings retained a rustic charm, though when Watson arrived the rustic quality was on a steep descent toward ruination.
From Los Angeles Times
Protectionism is among the surest ways to set a globally competitive domestic industry on a path to ruination.
But, Rosenfield said, “When we take joy in the distress and ruination of other people, we make monsters of ourselves,” in that the internet has turned public shaming into a gleeful, global spectator sport.
From Los Angeles Times
As with so many acts, their financial naivete proved to be their ruination.
From Salon
Fire is to piers what water was to the Wicked Witch of the West — a ruination.
From Los Angeles Times
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