Example Sentences
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One headline summed up the problem this way: “Two Decades of Growth Wiped Out by Two Years of Pandemic.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022
Wiped out by the crash of ’29, a woman marries a Georgia millionaire and lives life to the fullest.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2020
It was like: ‘You were here in New Orleans, your life was like this and that’s it. That life is gone for ever. Wiped away.’
From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2019
Wiped out, Jenkins didn’t re-enroll in college right away.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2017
Wiped it good and then waved it in the night air as he walked to keep up with his mother.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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