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With reams of data at their disposal, companies like Uber and Amazon are demolishing the notion that people who do the same work should receive the same pay for it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

The new owners are demolishing the single-story, be-turreted home, agent Terry Allen said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2020

Meanwhile, the king’s soldiers are demolishing homes and shops that have grown up just outside London’s Wall, lest they offer cover to an invading army.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2015

Many of these buyers are demolishing the mock Tudor houses put up by Surrey master builder Walter George Tarrant in the 1930s, which charmed an earlier generation of stockbrokers.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2013

How can you when you are demolishing plaster in Christopher Columbus' house or falling into the crater of Mt.

From Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. by Maria, Jennie (Drinkwater) Conklin