wreak

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For Zhengyang Wang, who was part of a team of researchers who published a report on the ant trade in 2023 focusing on China, this is a worry and could "wreak havoc" with local ecosystems.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Digital asset traders are no doubt aware of the potential impacts higher oil prices linked to the war could wreak on the global economy.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

I was moved once again by the piece, but I’m grateful I didn’t have to wreak havoc on my credit card to pay for my seats.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Planetfall, based in the U.K. and Germany, has developed strike drones that are dropped by its balloons 100,000 feet or 19 miles up, where freezing temperatures and thin air wreak havoc on ordinary drones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Could a few pigs truly wreak this much destruction?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann