destroying
Example Sentences
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Bass has been dogged by high unfavorable ratings since the Palisades fire, which broke out in January 2025 while she was out of the country, destroying thousands of homes and leaving 12 dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Those bodies subsequently melted, destroying the physical evidence and making the oldest chondrules much harder to find in surviving meteorites.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
But if - as seems the case right now - the chances of anyone facing consequences for destroying a heritage site are close to zero, then there is all but no real deterrent.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Talk of heading off AI’s potential role in destroying humanity hurt some stocks and helped others, with major U.S. indexes edging lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Perhaps, having begun this more modest, contemplative life, she considered destroying the messy pile of sketches.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
