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Councillors have approved plans to demolish 150 houses and flats, plus five garages, as well as changes to the river's flood defences that could cost about £8.2m.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The board has the responsibility to maintain the building that houses the center, but not to demolish the building and erect a new one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Rams proceeded to demolish Jacksonville, a team that made the postseason, 35-7.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Israeli army radio said the two-week timeline to demolish the house was an "unprecedented record time".

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

When we got into the car, Kevin told Mama that the soldiers had been ordered to demolish the vegetable stalls because they were illegal structures.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But “Influencers” both dwells in and demolishes an online, text-happy, selfie-saturated world, one that thrives on misinformation and FOMO-mongering and drives CW more than a little crazy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

"If the government demolishes our houses, at least give us a solution. Tell us where to go. We don't know where to go," she said.

From BBC ● May 3, 2024

Tyler Locklear demolishes a baseball that was easily the hardest-hit in live BP today, landing beyond the white trucks over the left-field wall.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

One of the pleasures of “Eileen,” a sleek and unnerving adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2015 novel, is how singlehandedly it demolishes Jim’s assumption.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

Woo demolishes the cinnamon dip with one sweeping lick.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The project, which has an estimated price tag of £33bn, would see hundreds of homes demolished, rivers diverted and the M25 motorway rerouted through a tunnel between junctions 14 and 15.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

I lived in Santa Monica for a while, then after the earthquake my place was demolished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Carol Ann’s house, like the sisters’, has been demolished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

His photographs capture not only the movie houses but their ornate facades and decay -- a record of a cultural landscape disappearing as cinemas are demolished, converted into multiplexes or left to crumble.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The very notion of “clean” thermonuclear weapons was mercilessly demolished in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Ralph Lapp, a distinguished antinuclear physicist.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The expansion would mean demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting rivers, and rerouting the M25 motorway between junctions 14 and 15 through a tunnel under the new runway.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Of the options for what to do with it once bought, demolishing the site was out of the question for historians.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

“We’re encouraging people to spread out and support independent businesses rather than all going to one place and demolishing the kitchen.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

Anta collaborated with Chinese scientists to develop a type of foam cushion made with nitrogen that provides extra bounciness—all but demolishing Nike’s competitive moat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

When she put up the post, written after a visit to Ranyinudo’s office, about the governments demolishing of hawkers’ shacks, an anonymous commenter wrote, This is like poetry.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie