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wrecking

[rek-ing] / ˈrɛk ɪŋ /


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Instead, the country faces a rapidly weakening rupee, dwindling net foreign investment, and worries that artificial intelligence will take a wrecking ball to the information technology industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

He recalls wrecking his back while taking about 19 plane flights over the course of three weeks.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

But when injuries decimated their roster before the playoffs, James turned back into a wrecking ball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

"If someone turns up for the purposes of just abusing people and wrecking the place and damaging the cohesion, we can ask them to leave, and Australia has asked him to leave."

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

Eventually he stopped wrecking my words, instead watching me with a very serious expression as I placed them.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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