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A super El Niño could wreak havoc on commercial fishing off the California coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The program has been our family ritual over the years, especially now, as we weather the havoc dementia continues to wreak on our lives.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

The mites now wreak havoc on American bee colonies by feeding on the insects and spreading a wing-deforming virus.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

"For anyone who sets out to wreak havoc on our streets, to intimidate or threaten anyone, you can expect to face the full force of the law."

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

“We really wreak havoc on the heavens, don’t we?”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

At least 18 states have issued air quality alerts, as they should, because wildfire smoke wreaks havoc on the body, from the brain to the heart and lungs to the kidneys.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Garin said earlier this week that the archipelago nation also planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaks havoc with gas shipments.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

Extended weightlessness generally wreaks havoc on the human body, often disrupting the space traveler’s heartbeat, balance and hormone levels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

Itoje is also in the pantheon - a lock who wreaks havoc with his power, his nous and his strategic brilliance.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025

But though justice suggests this course, experience shows that it does not always work; the bully only bides his time, and, cherishing resentment, he wreaks it on the weaker ones.

From Religious Education in the Family by Henry Frederick Cope

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

Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said in March that the import-dependent archipelago planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaked havoc with gas shipments.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

A few days later, the conditions wreaked havoc on another No. 1, as Aryna Sabalenka was blown off course by swirling winds and lost in the quarterfinals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Pelley said "incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc".

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Her stockpiling of power had wreaked havoc on nature.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Meanwhile in Hubei province, at least two tornadoes have formed, wreaking havoc across cities.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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

In 1941, Hitler's armies invaded Russia and advanced toward Moscow, wreaking havoc in the Soviets' communications networks.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau