be destroyed
Example Sentences
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Those pieces will then be taken elsewhere to be destroyed, he said.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
It’s generally better to create a nature reserve and try to protect species than to let them be destroyed.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Their results indicate that about eight out of 10 planets around tight binary stars would be destabilized, and most of those would ultimately be destroyed.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
But when Jobs returned, they received a call informing them that the off-site warehouse where they stashed documents and products would be shuttered in 24 hours—and anything that wasn’t preserved would be destroyed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The old man said that if you let me grow to adulthood your Order would be destroyed.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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