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If rates keep going up and markets go down, the same leverage that magnified wealth on the way up will destroy it on the way down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Those chlorine atoms then reacted with methane in the plume, helping destroy some of the methane released during the eruption.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Recent hacks carried out by AI systems have fueled those fears, leading to recent warnings from a departing Anthropic researcher and others that the technology could destroy civilization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of trying to "cripple the economy and destroy people's lives" with intensifying strikes on civilian infrastructure, including the railways.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

A lightning strike could easily destroy the robot, and her Survival Instincts flared.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

A wildfire that destroys energy generation facilities during a significant heat wave, for example, could cause enough capacity loss to generate the use of these tools, said Ackemann.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

"I'm even trembling. The truth is that for those of us from Villena, this destroys us. It's part of our heritage, of our wealth," the mayor said.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

As this bubble grows, it sweeps outward and destroys dust in its path.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

It destroys the ties that bind and encourages anger and petulance.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

But what happens in nature is not allowed to happen in the modern, chemical-drenched world, where spraying destroys not only the insects but their principal enemy, the birds.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The fires destroyed much of Altadena and Pacific Palisades, as well as parts of Malibu, leveling more than 17,000 structures across those communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

It is home to the rare broad-leaved cudweed and shrill carder bumblebee and the Essex Wildlife Trust fears "incredibly rare" habitats would be "destroyed".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The report identified losses to the American fleet, including four F-15s fighters destroyed, one F-35 fighter damaged, seven KC-135 tanker aircraft damaged and up to 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones destroyed.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

As she crossed the border, Anna Klymenko, a dermatologist in Kyiv, saw the locomotive that Russia had destroyed the day before.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

So as the bombs fell and Dresden was destroyed, we walked away, on and on, no strength left for arguing anymore, no strength left even for speaking.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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

Fire spread from a blazing van on the A31 on 9 August, destroying ancient oak and beech trees, rare heathland and wildlife across an area of more than 100 hectares.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

People have worried about artificial intelligence destroying humanity since A.I. existed only in science fiction.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

In Dana Point, relentless waves damaged several beachfront homes, completely destroying decks and tearing through walls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Blue Team’s commanders were also given a tool called Effects-Based Operations, which directed them to think beyond the conventional military method of targeting and destroying an adversary’s military assets.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell