wrecking

Example Sentences

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Once upon a time in California, I went to the Orange County fairgrounds to watch Arnold Schwarzenegger give the signal for a wrecking ball to drop onto a vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Choreographer Mark Morris staved off the federal government’s arts wrecking ball by salvaging his latest work, “Moon,” a commission for the Kennedy Center’s Earth to Space festival in April.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

"If someone turns up for the purposes of just abusing people and wrecking the place and damaging the cohesion, we can ask them to leave, and Australia has asked him to leave."

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

In doing so, these parents removed the flashing connectivity that was wrecking sleep schedules, domestic harmony and peace of mind everywhere else.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

How can love be such a wrecking ball?

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson