ruined
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Influencers have ruined the US Open for actual tennis fans.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
But she recalled how one woman was "so cross with me" that "it ruined that moment completely for us".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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
It’s as though Kyle Tucker accidentally became important at work and it ruined his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Why he’d ruined it for me after all the things I did to help him get what he wanted.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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