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And everyone says, “Ooh, yummy Ottolenghi,” and everybody goes home and does the same thing next time and it’s all a huge conspiracy to destroy people’s ability to cook.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

More than 2.4 million people today live with hepatitis C, a viral infection that primarily affects the liver and can ultimately destroy it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Mere days after taking to the media to insist that he is a misunderstood film buff who just wants to save Hollywood, he threatened to help destroy it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The letter underlined a legal warning made by Uefa that Fifa should not delete or destroy any documents related to the plans.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Not long after, American bombers destroy the targets she marked for them.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

"Climate change is what kills, what destroys our villages and our natural and cultural heritage," civil protection chief Virginia Barcones told Spanish radio.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

“Because that hero will decide the fate of Olympus. He or she will make a decision that either saves the Age of the Gods, or destroys it.”

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Simon Tuhill from West Midlands Fire Service said 19 properties had been "completely destroyed", with a further 19 damaged.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

An AFP correspondent in Ansar saw a destroyed building as rescuers working to remove human remains from the rubble, and a swimming pool clouded and grey from dust and debris.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Elsewhere in the West Midlands, in Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent, four homes in Sandyford were destroyed on Thursday, with other nearby properties damaged.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

For decades, scientists generally assumed that fossilization destroyed the original organic molecules once present in bones, teeth, and other tissues.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

If the bear could not be destroyed, all this would be lost.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Around 2,000 had been evacuated from nearby villages as the fire ripped through the surrounding hills, damaging homes and destroying cars in the early hours.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Another possibility is that it was heated later, destroying clay minerals that had once been present.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

Wildfires have forced around 60,000 people to evacuate parts of Washington state, destroying hundreds of buildings and leaving thousands without power.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

“That’s really kind of disheartening — that we’ve tried our best to mitigate fires ... yet fires are destroying more homes,” said Amanda Carlson, a research scientist with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Once I listened to him give a talk on HIV to a class at the Harvard School of Public Health, and he mentioned the Haitian phrase “looking for life, destroying life.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French