destroyed

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Both Raman and Pratt said the city was ill-prepared to contain the blazes that destroyed thousands of homes, including Pratt’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Radiation levels at the facility remained within normal limits following the attack, although its fuel reception building was "partially destroyed", according to Ukraine's nuclear energy operator, Energoatom.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

"I just hate seeing creative works effectively destroyed," he told me.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

More than 2,000 Korean-owned businesses were damaged or destroyed during the unrest, according to some community estimates cited in the years since.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

“In the Talmud, it says, ‘Whoever destroys a single life has destroyed the entire world.’

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack