ruined
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In the rebuilding of Jerusalem, diverse people worked together to rebuild the ruined walls and established a fraternal coexistence within them, he added.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Even though the Fifth Amendment ultimately kicked in and did its job, the government ruined lives in the process.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
Two months later, they ruined Wilfried Nancy's debut as Celtic boss, leaving Glasgow with a 2-1 success.
From BBC • 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
The British could win a decisive victory, he believed, by opening a new offensive in Belgian Flanders over the old battlefields around the ruined town of Ypres.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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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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