ransack
Example Sentences
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By that he meant the way representatives from other schools would surely try to lure his players away, using lucrative NIL offers to ransack his team through the transfer portal.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024
He said he was worried thieves would ransack whatever belongings remained, and he now lives in his car.
From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2023
“They didn’t ransack this one quite as hard,” Carrillo said, his boots crunching through broken glass.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2023
"We don't want to see scenarios where people will take advantage to grab or ransack the refugees' assets," he said.
From BBC • May 6, 2021
“Did the light-fingered gentleman ransack the cellars?” the other repeated.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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