despoliation
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Matt: Environmental despoliation appears multiple times in “Andor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
But the application of modern science and engineering to economic affairs also set in motion a ruinous despoliation of the planet.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2021
Bezos was at pains to stress the importance of preserving the natural integrity of Earth, and Cox has consistently called for action on the climate crisis and environmental despoliation.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2019
These are stories of painful awakenings and refusals of innocence, emerging out of the ashes of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, despoliation and environmental plunder.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2018
And this was a Dawson dance-hall, the trump card in the nightly game of despoliation.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
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