ruined
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Influencers have ruined the US Open for actual tennis fans.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
"There's no water in the river so half my crop is completely and utterly ruined."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
After losing my job to AI-era job cutting, I walked 500 miles across Spain and found singing nuns, ruined feet and a road full of people between lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
I wrote: “He was only 12, too young to think his life was ruined but old enough to understand he had gone through a life-changing experience.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
If his reputation were stained, the gallery would be ruined.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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