ruined
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More casual fans, however, may counter that the punishing conditions have ruined the tournament as a spectacle.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Kafka and Jesenská did finally meet for a getaway in 1920, but being together in person seems to have ruined the magic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“This man’s life shouldn’t be ruined over this,” Nikki Moore-DeVore said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
“No airline wants to be the Grinch that ruined summer vacation,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
Natalie watched with sympathy as people dragged broken furniture and ruined carpets and sodden drywall from their shattered homes in the eighty-five-degree heat, tossing everything into growing junk piles in their yards.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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