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wreak

[reek] / rik /


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A year on he returns to wreak his revenge.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Who would suspect a frumpy matron in a humble sweater could wreak such unhinged havoc?

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

The local leader pointed to warnings that El Nino's effects will worsen into the winter and are expected to wreak more havoc along California's coast.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

While often cast as a rainmaker in Southern California, El Niño can also wreak havoc on the coastline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

One mistake could ruin not only your life but that of your entire family—and wreak havoc for the entire community.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

This year's Pacific hurricane season is shaping up as more severe than usual, as a Super El Nino wreaks devastation across Central America, bringing historic droughts and flooding.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

"Many deaths feared after strong earthquake wreaks havoc in southern Japan" says the paper in a separate headline, next to a birds-eye shot of a partially fallen bridge.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The ERShares experience wreaks havoc with that idea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

They won us over with their mild pomposity and aloofness, whereas Rapaport’s annoyance wreaks collateral damage like a chronically unbathed person’s odor assails bystanders.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

The global reach, the secrecy, the impotence and growing panic of his victims, of the public, and of his pursuers, the damage he wreaks - all serve as external ego functions.

From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Samuel Vaknin

The storm also wreaked havoc on telegraph networks around the world.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Two people were in critical condition and thousands of households were without power on Tuesday after a "tornado of severe intensity" wreaked havoc in southern France, officials said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The January 2025 wildfires that swept through Pacific Palisades wreaked devastation practically beyond belief, destroying more than 5,600 homes and businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

And you thought spiteful stepmothers wreaked havoc only in fairy tales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

The big rat laughed insanely and ran faster: on and on, past scenes of desolation and destruction wreaked by him, Cluny the Scourge.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

And right now there is no cure for a disease that is wreaking sheer havoc in the lives of more than 176 million women globally, according to Endometriosis UK.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Rising fuel prices and ticket fares are wreaking havoc on rivals that compete on price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

And they were unaware, or unconcerned, that that chemical was wreaking havoc on the soil, weakening the trees’ defenses, leaving them extremely vulnerable to disease.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Climate change is wreaking havoc on agriculture, bringing stronger storms, longer droughts, erratic rainfall and rising temperatures.

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026

My heart felt all melty, butterflies were wreaking havoc in my stomach, and I felt scared and exhilarated and like laughing and crying all at the same time.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon


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