havoc
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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
Extreme weather has already wreaked havoc on southern and central China this week, with storms leaving at least 39 dead and causing dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Such a prolonged period of higher-than-normal ocean temperatures can wreak havoc on wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
But Ireland struggled to contain a hard-carrying, enterprising Australian effort, and Canham crashed over after a stunning Rob Valetini carry caused havoc in the Irish ranks.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
If she and her cronies from the College kitchens could get as far as Abingdon, they could play havoc with the weir....
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
My inbox seemed like a library havocked by a tornado, with torn pages scattered helter-skelter across the room.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2015
And then the gal o' Ginral Brinkle's, if I could pin her, would be a clear fifty more, provided I could catch her without damage, and twenty-five if the dogs havocked her shins.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
Oozed from the bracken's desolate track, By dark rains havocked and drenched black.
From Georgian Poetry 1920-22 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir
It havocked on his firm inflexible mind, as it would on a weak and pliant brain!
From Nature and Art by Morley, Henry
Many a shepherd at that time patrolled all night through with his dogs, only to find in the morning that the Killer had slipped him and havocked in some secluded portion of his beat.
From Bob, Son of Battle by Ollivant, Alfred
Down the broad, deserted avenue, with its dark, imposing mansions, she hurried as if she were alone in the havocking elements.
From Other Things Being Equal by Wolf, Emma
Naturally Chantry did not want his friends' boots havocking upon it.
From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
Vocabulary lists containing havoc
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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