devastating
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When public utilities indefinitely cut power to the Portuguese Bend community in Rancho Palos Verdes last year following months of devastating landslide movement, most residents saw it as the neighborhood’s latest obstacle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
"These are devastating injuries that most women don't ever recover from," Earp says.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
The UN has warned that the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire despite the ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas six months ago, following two years of devastating war.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
It was this initial fire -- which firefighters believed they had extinguished -- that subsequently reignited on January 7, devastating the neighborhood and parts of the city of Malibu, according to federal prosecutors.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Or a tragedy, which, regardless of how utterly devastating it feels in the moment, it also is not.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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