destroy
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“New tariffs or quotas will not redirect demand for quartz. It will destroy it,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
However, once metal interconnects are already present in a completed circuit layer, such temperatures would destroy them.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
Weather feeds us, it can destroy us — it rules our existence, he says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
"We are constantly grappling with the challenges posed by the sheer scale of these territories... and the organizations' capacity to rapidly rebuild what we destroy."
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
I explain the prophecy like Uncle Ty told me, that a Manifestor will destroy the Remarkable world as we know it and only one person can stop them—the Chosen One.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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