wreak
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Friday that "anyone who sets out to wreak havoc on our streets, to intimidate or threaten anyone... can expect to face the full force of the law".
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
"For anyone who sets out to wreak havoc on our streets, to intimidate or threaten anyone, you can expect to face the full force of the law".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
If there’s trust on the back end, James can move up closer to the line of scrimmage to make plays and wreak havoc.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
Conspicuous consumption isn’t enough in the Silicon Valley bubble where he tends to wreak havoc.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
A magnitude 7 quake happening deep in the mantle–say, four hundred miles down–might cause no surface damage at all, while a significantly smaller one happening just four miles under the surface could wreak widespread devastation.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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