ruined
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Her mother, Helen Bamber, said in a statement to the inquest: "Lauren believed her life had been ruined, she just could not see a way out, but she was a strong, determined girl."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Not even a year later, just as it was beginning merger talks with JetBlue, Spirit ruined a lot of spring break travel plans with heavy flight cancellations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 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
I hear fragments of statements coming out of Autumn’s mouth, glitching together like a ruined video file.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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