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“He had been president only thirteen days—and now he faced the prospect that to end the war and save American lives, he might have to obliterate Japan’s cities,” Mr. Scott writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

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

Not since Y2K had I felt so certain that something terrible was coming, something that would obliterate everything I’d known before.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

“He obliterates the rest of the skill position guys,” said Mickey Marotti, the Buckeyes’ strength and performance coach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

You can definitely mourn for all the possibilities that a death decisively obliterates.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024

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

From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 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

After the June 2025 strikes, he said Iran’s nuclear program was obliterated, although Tehran retained a large stockpile of highly enriched material and underground sites where it could revive work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The situation has grown bleaker in the last decade and a half as commercial pressures have ramped up and media consolidation and digital shortsightedness have obliterated arts coverage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush — a man whose own presidential campaign was obliterated by a reality TV host — called a Pratt campaign video “maybe the best political ad of the year.”

From Salon ● May 18, 2026

She compared Michael to other recent music biopics, commenting that "the line between 'cinema' and 'merchandise' has come close to being obliterated".

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

In only about a hundred years in that city’s Central Park, its inscriptions have been almost totally obliterated, because of smog and industrial pollution—chemical erosion like that in the atmosphere of Venus.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

After obliterating Inter Milan 5-0 in the 2025 final before squeezing past Arsenal on penalties in last season's showpiece game, Luis Enrique's side are aiming to win a third consecutive European crown.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Olivia Dean speaks about obliterating a record held by Abba, toppling Jay-Z and Rihanna’s “Umbrella” and why meeting Stevie Wonder almost did her in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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

He might claim a victory in terms of obliterating — or, I guess, ‘re-obliterating’ — Iran’s nuclear program and downgrading its ballistic missiles.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

The arrow hit the absolute center, obliterating the black dot.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas