destroying

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“They say in the industry destroying a launch pad is the second-worst thing that can happen,” Keeton said, “with the first being loss of a crew.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

In messages to Julie, Franck said the situation was "destroying me mentally and emotionally".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The same month, a New York court convicted Lu Jianwang, a U.S. citizen, for his part in setting up a police station in New York on behalf of China, and obstructing justice by destroying evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The state continues to see an unprecedented uptick in poisonings and deaths associated with death cap, or Amanita phalloides; and western destroying angel, Amanita ocreata, mushrooms, according to the California Department of Public Health.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Dumbledore had passed the job of destroying them to him, and obediently he had continued to chip away at the bonds tying not only Voldemort, but himself, to life!

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling