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It is clear that Arsenal would almost certainly need to obliterate the British transfer record of £125m, from Alexander Isak's move from Newcastle to Liverpool last summer.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Fox finally broke through with two PGA Tour wins last year, and the one asset he always possessed was the ability to obliterate drives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

If you not yet 65 and are using ACA coverage, Roth conversions can obliterate premium subsidies.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

But now satellite images reveal that Iran is repairing the damage done, suggesting he didn’t obliterate the sites after all.

From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2026

It was madness to walk beneath the ice cliffs when at any moment a snowfall might obliterate them, but they had no choice.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

But Mozart’s genius obliterates Salieri’s limited talent so utterly that the elder musician is bewitched by it.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026

“It’s still the most subversive comedy in ages, a smart bomb that obliterates its intended target.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

“The objects we’re trying to study–distant galaxies and stars–are 20 million times fainter than satellites. So when one of these streaks goes across the image, it completely obliterates the image.”

From National Geographic ● Aug. 11, 2023

In time, though, Tomas doesn’t just cross a line but obliterates it, moving in with Agathe and saying adieu to Martin for good — or so he thinks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

His most remarkable feature besides his paleness, a paleness that obliterates any possible expression, is his hair.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Any hope Infantino might have had of tiptoeing away from the scene of his World Cup private-investment wreckage having sustained only minor damage to his reputation has been obliterated.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The world’s fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan’s record time of 57 minutes, 20 seconds, was obliterated Sunday in Beijing by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

“My existence,” concludes a minor figure who proves to be anything but insignificant, “was nothing more than a drawing in the sand obliterated by the wind.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

"The jet was completely obliterated, and further searches are ongoing."

From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026

Hermione therefore removed the enchantments she had placed around the clearing, while Harry and Ron obliterated all the marks and impressions on the ground that might show they had camped there.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Sawe, born in Kenya's Rift Valley, where his father worked as a maize farmer, declared it "a day to remember" after obliterating Kiptum's world record by 65 seconds.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe finished in 1:59:30, obliterating the previous record of 2:00:35 set at the 2023 Chicago Marathon by Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

The United States is the only country to have used nuclear weapons in combat, obliterating the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II, killing some 214,000 people.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

Myers’ vision for the area included reintroducing animals that had once been native inhabitants, including tule elk and bighorn sheep, and obliterating man-made intrusions, such as a rock quarry, petroleum waste pits, fences and roads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025

At scim training, Zak comes at me with unusual sloppiness, but instead of obliterating him, I let him knock me on my ass because I’ve caught a glimpse of blonde across the field.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir