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In the early 2000s, when citrus-canker lesions dotted Florida oranges, state contractors fanned out with woodchippers to destroy trees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

A listing, they say, will destroy its character by making it accountable to outside shareholders whose focus would be financial returns.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Those chlorine atoms then reacted with methane in the plume, helping destroy some of the methane released during the eruption.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

The dire outlook that AI could destroy humanity "is not grounded on science," Huang said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

I still can’t know if what I’ve done in the lab will destroy the toxin.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Under some conditions, the collision destroys Theia and creates a broad protolunar disk around Earth.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

"I'm even trembling. The truth is that for those of us from Villena, this destroys us. It's part of our heritage, of our wealth," the mayor said.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“It destroys almost any aspect of a girl’s life and it doesn’t deliver any benefit,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

It destroys the ties that bind and encourages anger and petulance.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Piper, that’s brilliant! If you’re right, this is great news. We just have to figure out which of us destroys Gaea.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

A history of the it-restaurant destroyed on 9/11 conjured many memories of special occasions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Often, he said, records had been destroyed because they were deemed to contain other peoples' personal information, or because they were bulky.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

If some of these satellites get hacked, damaged, derailed, or destroyed, America’s ability to fight a war would be seriously degraded.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"From the helicopter itself, it’s pretty well destroyed," said Branden Silverman, a spokesman for the fire department.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

One shocking feature of the Germans’ early-morning attack on June 22 was that they destroyed hundreds of Soviet aircraft on the ground.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

"AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX," he wrote on social media.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Talk of heading off artificial intelligence’s potential role in destroying humanity did little to sap demand for hyperscaler stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

People have worried about artificial intelligence destroying humanity since A.I. existed only in science fiction.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

In Dana Point, relentless waves damaged several beachfront homes, completely destroying decks and tearing through walls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Dasch vehemently denied that a fear of getting caught and a desire to save his own life played any role in destroying Hitler's secret attack on America.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple