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[dih-stroi] / dɪˈstrɔɪ /


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"The decision was made about us: to destroy Novaya Gazeta," he said, adding that the paper had been "cut off from the financial systems used by our subscribers".

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

“The key question is whether these higher prices will destroy demand,” ING analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

He thinks this is just the start of a process that will destroy the character of the West End.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Scientists have identified a previously overlooked type of immune cell that can detect and destroy small cell lung cancer, the most aggressive form of lung cancer worldwide.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

This time, Tonya herself managed to destroy an enemy plane with the machine guns in her tail gunner’s turret in the back of their Pe-2.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The cell destroys the disease-causing protein by cleaving it into short peptides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Zoe nearly destroys Rushville to save herself, while John almost violates his principles to seize the ring from Hal, per the Guardians’ orders, and take out Zoe.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Conservationists argued it destroys habitat for rare species and reduces the forests’ ecological value.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

"It destroys the quality of our education… We cannot study normally."

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

This is why my mother destroys everything I make.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

To the journalists waiting, the evacuees told of years of hunger and hardship in a destroyed town.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Their situation became even more dangerous when pack ice destroyed their ship, leaving them stranded in one of the world's most unforgiving environments.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Bass’ standing with voters plummeted months later, following the Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes and left 12 people dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

“Charlie and I, probably, have seen some more high-IQ people — really extraordinarily high-IQ people — destroyed by leverage,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

There had never been an emergency Glitch jump last night because the Academy had never been destroyed.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The UN biodiversity summit enters a final day Friday with nations still far from reaching a deal to revive a faltering pledge to stop destroying nature.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

"Once the implosion happens those effects will help in destroying the bloom."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Then, as the waves were still pounding, a fire broke out in the city’s bushy foothills Friday, quickly burning toward hillside neighborhoods and destroying homes in nearby San Juan Capistrano.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Firearms, he says, “have no purpose other than destroying their targets.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“How did you and Gum Baby end up destroying the lives of everyone in MidPass and possibly Alke as well?”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia


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