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[rav-ij] / ˈræv ɪdʒ /


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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

What springs into my mind are those news reports about tornadoes or fires, how they’ll ravage one house but leave the one next door intact.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

The Godzilla movies, whether American or Japanese, are metaphors for the ravages of warmongering and the despondence of those powerless to escape its wrath.

From Salon Mar. 20, 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

Thus, tiny devices that can travel along capillaries to enter and repair living tissue; the ability to heal disease, reverse the ravages of age, or make human bodies speedier and stronger than before.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

The lack of water has ravaged grasslands and left ranchers unable to grow enough hay, forcing them to buy feed for their cows at high prices.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 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

A wildfire at the Fagnes natural park in eastern Belgium, near the border with Germany, has now ravaged some 16 square kilometres of forest, authorities said.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

It creaked past his shelter, past the collapsed buildings and ravaged orchards towards the west, away from the Yellow Line.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

There’s a photograph of their mother on the front page, ravaged by loss.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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

The wildfires currently ravaging Europe feel close to home for Professor Marta Yebra, despite being on the other side of the world.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Tour de France organisers announced that they were shortening the following day's final stage of the cycling race due to the wildfires ravaging southwest France.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

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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