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[rav-ij] / ˈræv ɪdʒ /


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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

The Antonine Plague, perhaps a form of smallpox, had begun to ravage the empire, as it would for more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

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

By 2022, as the pandemic continued to ravage normal life in the U.S.,

From Slate Nov. 22, 2024

If Percy attacked the giant, the hydra would ravage the city.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Wolfspeed rose 20% following a recommendation by Citrini Research, the firm behind the viral blog post in February that presented a scenario in which artificial intelligence ravages the economy by 2028.

From Barron's May 13, 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

A worried mother working miles away from her family frantically tries to get her three children out of harm’s way as an out of control fire ravages their community.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2025

The ravages of the sick are become inhuman.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Despite the ongoing war that has killed tens of thousands and ravaged swaths of Ukraine, Crimea has been a popular holiday destination for Russians.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world and put society on the fast track for self-destruction, the metaphor initially feels overbearing, another indication that Spielberg is laying it on too thick.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Welcome to the challenges of writing the history of the Black Death, the great pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the late medieval world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The year before, his hometown of Mexico City had been ravaged by a massive earthquake.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

He was angry at the way the disease had ravaged her.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

With high inflation ravaging the economy, Greenspan recoiled when he learned Ford’s advisers planned a grassroots movement to encourage personal savings by passing out buttons that proclaimed, “Whip Inflation Now.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

"Chronic stressors daily can have a really ravaging effect on people."

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

Palantir’s CTO stated AI inference signals “the death of legacy software,” making its platform useful but ravaging others.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

I cruised into the little town of Clifden at a stout 125 kilometers per hour on a narrow two-lane road just as Storm Bram was ravaging Ireland’s Atlantic coast.

From Salon Dec. 12, 2025

After ravaging the lawn for about an hour, one of us had the presence of mind to ask him, “Whose house is this?”

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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