ruined
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Even though the Fifth Amendment ultimately kicked in and did its job, the government ruined lives in the process.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
The feeling seems to be that the survivors simply don’t have a lot of space in their broken hearts for the lives that weren’t taken, just ruined.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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
Hig’s days are spent flying perimeter patrols, scanning for signs of life — or trouble — until he encounters Margaret Qualley’s Cima, a medic guarding her own small foothold in the ruined world.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Porter Collins thought that “it was like the world stopped. We’re looking at all these people and saying, ‘These people are either ruined or about to be ruined.’”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Beowulf vocabulary
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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Words from "Miss Alaineus, A Vocabulary Disaster" by Debra Frasier
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