ransack
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He also has Killian ransack his house to an aria from Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Samson & Delilah,” a reference that only half-works because no woman in here has ever betrayed him.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
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
"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
While the British rested, a group of Washington locals, later described by Paul Jennings as “rabble,” took the opportunity to ransack the White House.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing ransack
The Diary of Anne Frank
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English Words Derived from Old Norse
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