ruinous
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Nine signings have arrived this summer, with more expected, but last year's ruinous form is casting a long shadow.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The difference is not ruinous, but it is the first indication that the show may be playing loosely with its promise of meals costing less than $5 per serving.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
That’s how fast it is supposed to be able to grow without stoking ruinous inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026
That means contending with German society’s deeply ingrained pacificism, a legacy of ruinous wars and the horrors of the Holocaust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
The growing light revealed to them a land already less barren and ruinous.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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