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“But your spouse is risk-averse and it would devastate her to lose $147,000. So let’s meet on the bridge” and bet less.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Each day we're seeing fires devastate green spaces and my team is incredibly worried," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

The arrival of a potentially powerful El Nino weather system this year could devastate coral reefs around the world already weakened by back-to-back rounds of bleaching, scientists warn.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

Two southeast Los Angeles cities proposed a sales tax increase to offset the financial impact of California’s blackjack ban, which officials said would devastate their local economies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

We did not want to destroy the country before we freed it, and to drive the whites away would devastate the nation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

This ash devastates farmland across at least eight states.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

It’s a burden that not only devastates families financially but also takes a toll on their health.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026

After a comet devastates most of civilization in the first movie, Gerard Butler returns to lead an especially hardy family of survivors into a bold new future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

Describing drought as a "silent killer" which "creeps in, drains resources, and devastates lives in slow motion" the report said it had exacerbated issues like poverty and ecosystem collapse.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

Agricultural societies are ravaged by famine when drought, fire or earthquake devastates the annual rice or potato crop.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Though the scandal devastated the NOS community and made for lurid headlines in the country's newspapers, for some it had not come out of the blue.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

A veteran’s rediscovered photographs bring to life a continent devastated by World War II.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Pollard added she was now at her "wits' end" and "devastated and exhausted by it all".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Smart but emotionally inarticulate and a bit obtuse, Lou is devastated by what he’s done.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

And Azareen had learned how you can be glad and devastated at the same time.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The pre-dawn strike came on the anniversary according to the Jewish calendar of the October 7, 2023 attack, the deadliest-ever day for Israel which retaliated with a devastating offensive in Gaza.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

"Although these conditions are triggered by completely different events, they may ultimately disrupt the same fundamental biological systems and produce the similarly devastating exhaustion experienced by millions worldwide."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The reaction by those who weighed in on Mr. Lederman’s position illustrate the devastating human cost of self-serving ideals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“The way they’ve handled this whole devastating experience is nothing short of remarkable,” he wrote at the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

A few months after the scene depicted in that painting, Washington and his army were nearly wiped out after a series of devastating losses in and around New York City.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis