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Now we’re told artificial intelligence will ravage humanity like a zombie apocalypse, so let’s ban data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The Citrini selloff latched onto the market’s recent paranoia that artificial intelligence could ravage established players in a range of industries.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

“Christian forgiveness does not demand we allow the cruel to ravage the whole earth; it demands we love our enemies,” he said.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2025

At least 30 people have died in Beijing and more than 80,000 were evacuated to safety, Chinese authorities said, as heavy rains and floods ravage roads and houses in northern China.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025

She fought against it as though there were demons in her trying to claw their way out and ravage the world.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Though the film is approaching its 50th anniversary, “Up in Smoke” has remarkably avoided the ravages of time.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026

They have found one of the healthiest, most diverse reefs in the region, free from the ravages of the stoney coral disease plaguing the Caribbean.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

“The arduous reparation from the ravages of the pandemic are all but complete, with the shares now having exceeded the record highs achieved in 2018,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

The mayor of Suakin dreams of a rebirth for his town, an ancient Red Sea port spared by the wars that have marked Sudan's history but reduced to ruins by the ravages of time.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

The place was always dark and protected from the ravages of time, like a sealed pyramid.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

This ravaged warscape hadn’t much changed when I returned a year later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

By then, fire had ravaged the community; the report suggests that incident commanders were unaware of the devastation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Flooding—which ravaged coastal towns and my basement over the weekend—is also more frequent, in part because warmer water helps strengthen storms.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

The state government says a toxic algal bloom that has ravaged the state's coastline for more than 18 months may be to blame for the sharp decline.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

They try to smile at me, but even Venia can’t conceal her shock at my ravaged mutt body.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The ravaging of the museum reflects the destruction seen across Khartoum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Tens of thousands of emigrants from Ireland, desperate to escape the famine ravaging their home country, landed in 1847 at the Grosse Île quarantine station in what is now the Canadian province of Quebec.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Fame is a bedfellow of the newer, more modern American dream, which promises not only contentment, but success, as a reward for ambition, ravaging the lifestyles of millions of people in the process.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Spain's King Felipe VI, visiting a shelter for evacuees, said the wildfires ravaging the countryside around Madrid and other areas had caused "incalculable" damage to the nation's natural heritage.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

In his era, even simple lacerations often left diabetics with savage infections that necessitated limb and digit amputations, a consequence of the disease’s ravaging effect on circulation and immunity.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand