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Water, essential to life, can destroy everything in its path.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

"It'll destroy its credibility and make itself even more vulnerable to these unfair attacks from the United States."

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Its aim is to keep hornet numbers low and it is therefore asking people to report sightings so it can destroy primary nests.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

American forces could instead destroy the entrances and tunnels to the site to block access to the centrifuges, as they have done with other underground nuclear sites, according to experts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

"It's against my rules. However, since you didn't have a chance to read it to yourself, I will read it aloud for you before I destroy it."

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

That’s because if the deal goes through it stands a good chance to fail — failure in this case meaning that the combined company destroys more shareholder value than it creates.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Destinus, which specializes in strike and air-defense systems, will lead the consortium and bear responsibility for the kill vehicle, the component that destroys ballistic missiles in space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"Many people hold onto the American dream, but given how tough things are getting, you can't be the salmon swimming against the current -- because you get tired, you burn out, it destroys you."

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Doctors later told Caroline, who lives near Haverhill, Suffolk, that the "boil" was in fact necrotising fasciitis – a rare infection that destroys tissue beneath the skin.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Potentiation seems to take place when one compound destroys the liver enzyme responsible for detoxifying the other.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

It might be assembling more from components stored in underground bases, but the production facilities where engines for the missiles were built have been destroyed, said Fabian Hinz, an independent missile expert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Three fire engines and two fire service cars were destroyed in the blaze.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

So far this year, 205 Asian hornet queens have been caught and nine primary nests destroyed across Guernsey and Herm.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

At least 5,398 people were killed in the June 24 earthquakes, with hundreds of buildings destroyed, particularly in the hardest-hit state of La Guaira in the country's coastal north.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

He had given the Nanuak to the World Spirit .and the Spirit had destroyed the bear.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

WSJ gained exclusive access to film pilots and navigators pivoting from attacks on Russian heavy equipment to destroying their drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

In southern France, a fire in the area of Ponteves northeast of the city of Marseille had stabilised on Thursday after ripping through 2,500 hectares and destroying 10 houses, officials said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

But there was a storm of criticism, with many saying that destroying the house would be tantamount to denying Austria's Nazi past.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Under the new rule, destroying those habitats is no longer illegal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

No acknowledgment of the lives we’d be destroying.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan