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But, Rosenfield said, “When we take joy in the distress and ruination of other people, we make monsters of ourselves,” in that the internet has turned public shaming into a gleeful, global spectator sport.

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As with so many acts, their financial naivete proved to be their ruination.

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Fire is to piers what water was to the Wicked Witch of the West — a ruination.

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The wind did not discriminate with its ruination.

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They claim the AHL’s financial gain would amount to their own ruination.

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