destruction
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Protecting brain cells from destruction remains one of the biggest challenges in treating Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
But the factors that make it such a desirable place to live and play also bring immense risks for destruction — sometimes simultaneously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
"I am sure that with the level of attacks and destruction, the number just for 2026 will be around $6-7 billion," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
The scale of the destruction - including to some iconic landmarks - has shocked many in a country used to street protests.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Achren had learned of his escape, Taran guessed, for at the moment of the castle’s destruction, she had sent out a company of guards.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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Renewed tensions in the Middle East since July and destructions of refining capacity in Russia have raised energy costs again, in particular gas prices, leading to higher inflation and central-bank rate-rise expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
As Perry noted, pesticides are not alone in targeting sperm for destructions.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2023
Podolyak added that the barrage was “an undeniable manifestation” of Russia’s “terrorist activity, legally documented by numerous destructions and victims.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
This means that the two destructions cannot be related to the same event,” Dr. Ben-Yosef said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
We have also their infinite succession of creations and destructions by fire or water, analogous to a formerly popular geological theory.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
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