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ruin

[roo-in] / ˈru ɪn /




Example Sentences

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"It's ruined my life - we're going to be in debt for God knows how long paying it off," she says.

From BBC

“This war has no winners, and even the chance for improvement would be ruined by any conflict,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

He thinks humanity is engaged in a “plunder” of nature “while our profligate use of land and energy continues to ruin our planet and threaten our existence.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"There is no sentence that would ever be enough for these two boys have done and the lives they have ruined."

From BBC

And then she would break down laughing and ruin the take and we’d be like, “Sarah, what are you doing? It’s late. We want to go home.”

From Los Angeles Times