devastation
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“Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my faith,” El-Sayed posted on Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years after the attack.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
China has released information through state media outlets showing the devastation around the border, but has given few details about the victims or the impact on local villagers.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my faith,” El-Sayed wrote on Sept. 11, 2021.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Given the sheer size of the devastation and the passing days, the chances of finding survivors are diminishing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Our house looks like something left over from the war: all around it spreads rubble, devastation.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
They are still hurting, still missing the loved ones they lost, and they must surely be forever on alert for similar devastations that could come and upend their lives again.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Tucson’s crater-like monument notwithstanding, these impacts feel less like the strikes of meteors than the devastations of a cancer devouring us from within.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
The Indus River, which caused much of the devastations in Sindh, is now at normal levels, though authorities say it will take another two months to completely drain the water.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
A gifted, relentless self-promoter, he devoted his picaresque life to convincing people that he, as visionary truth-teller, would repeatedly rise from life’s devastations to triumph over the opprobrium of a blinkered society.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
We shall eliminate the plague and the devastations of war, and the population of the earth will tremendously increase.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress
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