devastating
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Actor Jack P Shepherd said: "Terrible to read that Debbie. Devastating news, thinking of you all," while Shobna Gulati wrote: "Sending you all the love, I'm so sorry and my deepest sympathies."
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
Devastating flooding has overwhelmed southern Thailand this week, particularly in Hat Yai, near the border with Malaysia, where large areas were submerged, pushing residents to seek shelter on rooftops.
From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025
On Friday, Etta James Farming, a canary bean and wheat farmer, sued Devastating Pyrotechnics, Blackstar Fireworks, Cutright and Machado in a civil suit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025
Devastating seizures in young children were the impetus for the compensation program.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
Devastating as the destruction was, it would be the human stories and the human suffering that would best define what would become known as the Great Molasses Flood.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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