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Over time, severe gum disease can destroy the tissue and bone that hold teeth in place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Water, essential to life, can destroy everything in its path.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

"It'll destroy its credibility and make itself even more vulnerable to these unfair attacks from the United States."

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Its aim is to keep hornet numbers low and it is therefore asking people to report sightings so it can destroy primary nests.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

If I even got a look at him, it would destroy me.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

That’s because if the deal goes through it stands a good chance to fail — failure in this case meaning that the combined company destroys more shareholder value than it creates.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

"Many people hold onto the American dream, but given how tough things are getting, you can't be the salmon swimming against the current -- because you get tired, you burn out, it destroys you."

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

"Food ultra-processing often destroys the natural structure of food and introduces potentially harmful substances like artificial additives or processing chemicals," Dr. Cardoso said.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026

And having to do a stop-and-go, sort of stop and wait for five, 10 seconds, whatever people got, it destroys you on a track so short as well, your chances.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

“Any joy that grows here is quickly choked by weeds. I am not some monster who destroys out of a twisted pleasure. I sow salt because the choice is between weeds and nothing.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

More than 100,000 acres have burned in southwestern France, and fires have destroyed more than 370,000 acres in Spain this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The quake caused power outages, damaged roads, brought down part of a castle wall, and destroyed a footbridge.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Destruction was everywhere in Zawtar al-Gharbiya, where mayor Abed Ezzeddine said three quarters of the buildings had been destroyed and there was no electricity or running water.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

When crews arrived, they found the vehicle destroyed with metal and glass strewn across the road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

And a British battleship shelled and destroyed a Turkish fort guarding the Dardanelles, the narrow sea channel leading from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea and Russia beyond.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Over the past six days, the largest French wildfire since 1949 has raged west of Bordeaux, forcing more than 220,000 people to flee and destroying 240 houses.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said the war succeeded in destroying Iran’s missile arsenal and production, sinking its navy, weakening its militia allies and ensuring it won’t possess a nuclear weapon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Yet many still doubt that the choices we make for convenience’s sake are destroying the planet.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

But there was a storm of criticism, with many saying that destroying the house would be tantamount to denying Austria's Nazi past.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Hitler had only succeeded in destroying the Jewish body, he shouted in Yiddish, but the Revisionists were trying to destroy the Jewish soul.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok