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Such a prolonged period of higher-than-normal ocean temperatures can wreak havoc on wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

On the topic of vaccines that probably should be mandatory, measles continues to wreak havoc across the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting 2,134 confirmed cases this year.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

The new skirmish is over concerns Anthropic’s AI could wreak havoc on global cybersecurity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Friday that "anyone who sets out to wreak havoc on our streets, to intimidate or threaten anyone... can expect to face the full force of the law".

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

Matthias put his head in his hands, imagining the havoc these low creatures were about to wreak on his country’s capital.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

Garin said earlier this week that the archipelago nation also planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaks havoc with gas shipments.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

The ERShares experience wreaks havoc with that idea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Itoje is also in the pantheon - a lock who wreaks havoc with his power, his nous and his strategic brilliance.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025

The global reach, the secrecy, the impotence and growing panic of his victims, of the public, and of his pursuers, the damage he wreaks - all serve as external ego functions.

From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Samuel Vaknin

The January 2025 wildfires that swept through Pacific Palisades wreaked devastation practically beyond belief, destroying more than 5,600 homes and businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said in March that the import-dependent archipelago planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaked havoc with gas shipments.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Windy conditions on Court Philippe Chatrier wreaked havoc with Sabalenka's powerful hitting and the Belarusian committed 57 unforced errors.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

“Plaintiff’s false, malicious, and bad faith statements have wreaked havoc on Ms. Hajdini’s life.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

The calamity wreaked by the De Soto expedition, Ramenofsky and Galloway argued, extended across the whole Southeast.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

And right now there is no cure for a disease that is wreaking sheer havoc in the lives of more than 176 million women globally, according to Endometriosis UK.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

And they were unaware, or unconcerned, that that chemical was wreaking havoc on the soil, weakening the trees’ defenses, leaving them extremely vulnerable to disease.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Climate change is wreaking havoc on agriculture, bringing stronger storms, longer droughts, erratic rainfall and rising temperatures.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026

With winter in the northern hemisphere officially ending on Friday -- the first day of astronomical spring -- the soaring temperatures were wreaking havoc on wildlife in the West.

From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026

The storms always raged across Florida, wreaking havoc, and then died somewhere overland or in the Gulf.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers