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That said, one hacker can wreak no small amount of havoc, as one compromised water system might serve tens of thousands of people.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Such a prolonged period of higher-than-normal ocean temperatures can wreak havoc on wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

On the topic of vaccines that probably should be mandatory, measles continues to wreak havoc across the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting 2,134 confirmed cases this year.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

The mites now wreak havoc on American bee colonies by feeding on the insects and spreading a wing-deforming virus.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

One mistake could ruin not only your life but that of your entire family—and wreak havoc for the entire community.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

At least 18 states have issued air quality alerts, as they should, because wildfire smoke wreaks havoc on the body, from the brain to the heart and lungs to the kidneys.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

It is a scene that is repeating itself in airports across the region as war in the Middle East wreaks havoc on global travel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Garin said earlier this week that the archipelago nation also planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaks havoc with gas shipments.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

Itoje is also in the pantheon - a lock who wreaks havoc with his power, his nous and his strategic brilliance.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025

Thackeray, writing of his snobs, wreaks himself upon a child; there is no worse snob than his snob-child. 

From The Children by Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell

Two people were in critical condition and thousands of households were without power on Tuesday after a "tornado of severe intensity" wreaked havoc in southern France, officials said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The January 2025 wildfires that swept through Pacific Palisades wreaked devastation practically beyond belief, destroying more than 5,600 homes and businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

And you thought spiteful stepmothers wreaked havoc only in fairy tales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Pelley said "incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc".

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

During the winter of 1780-1781, the seven-hundred-man Virginia militia wreaked destruction again in the Cherokee Nation.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

A drought is wreaking havoc along Europe’s rivers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Fraser Sutherland, the group's coalition manager, said: "Climate change is already affecting people's health and well-being, livelihoods and financial stability in Scotland, with more frequent storms, floods, droughts and wildfires wreaking havoc across the country."

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

And they were unaware, or unconcerned, that that chemical was wreaking havoc on the soil, weakening the trees’ defenses, leaving them extremely vulnerable to disease.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Climate change is wreaking havoc on agriculture, bringing stronger storms, longer droughts, erratic rainfall and rising temperatures.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026

Which was so typical: the bumbling mammals wreaking havoc, even when no havoc was intended.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman