ruinous
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The great tragedies permit catharsis, and their ruinous endings are part of that process.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
That’s how fast it is supposed to be able to grow without stoking ruinous inflation.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
Blair Kinghorn was a surprise exclusion from the 23 but the Toulouse full-back is the embodiment of the gambler's instinct that's magnificent when it works and utterly ruinous when it doesn't.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
It seemed, this time, he wasn’t going to back down from his own ruinous demands.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026
Maybe they have discovered some fact about his parentage that even he doesn’t know, something ruinous.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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