wrecking
Example Sentences
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The chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, Riel Karmy-Jones, has said the anti-jury proposal sends “a wrecking ball” through the British system of justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
Donald Trump has often been dubbed a political wrecking ball for his unorthodox style -- and now the US president has literally started demolition work on the White House.
From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025
In “Los Angeles Plays Itself,” his 2003 documentary chronicling the portrayal of the city through cinema history, Andersen aims his own wrecking ball.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
One of the prosecutors, Joel Smith KC, described it as a "deliberate attempt to take a wrecking ball" to the the trial.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
These days the Sistermen left open piracy to Salladhor Saan and his ilk and confined themselves to wrecking.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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