destruction
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Almost all traces of death and destruction have been swept away from Nir Oz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
He shared videos and photos of the destruction to his Instagram page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The BBC World Service has been filming across the summer in Gaza to reveal how children there are coping amid the near-total destruction of the infrastructure they rely on to survive.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Wildfires in Indonesia are blamed in large part on slash-and-burn land-clearing practices that result in the destruction of fire-resistant forest cover and the draining of peatlands.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
From the outside, the palace’s destruction was almost awe inspiring.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Renewed tensions in the Middle East since July and destructions of refining capacity in Russia have raised energy costs again, in particular gas prices, leading to higher inflation and central-bank rate-rise expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
As Perry noted, pesticides are not alone in targeting sperm for destructions.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2023
Podolyak added that the barrage was “an undeniable manifestation” of Russia’s “terrorist activity, legally documented by numerous destructions and victims.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
This means that the two destructions cannot be related to the same event,” Dr. Ben-Yosef said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
That tongue that tells fair tales to mens destructions Shall never rack me more.
From The Little French Lawyer A Comedy by Francis Beaumont
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