ravaged
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The tree’s limbs were lopped off in the wake of January 2025’s Eaton fire, which ravaged Altadena and part of Pasadena, but all these months after the fire, there’s new growth on the tree.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 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
Somalia last held a one-person, one-vote election in 1969 and has been ravaged by civil war for more than 30 years.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The golf-ball-size hail put dents in her husband’s pickup truck and ravaged their roof, according to Weidner.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
As soon as Lyra could move, she reached out trembling for the harpy and put her arms around her neck, kissing and kissing her ravaged face.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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