Example Sentences

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The Huskies are obliterating the sport presently but no dynasty is everlasting.

From Washington Times • Mar. 30, 2016

Pine beetles, each the size of a grain of rice, are obliterating forests, ravaging towns, draining city budgets, and threatening tourism at ski resorts, golf courses, and national parks.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 5, 2014

Skyrocketing hunting quotas in some states and taxpayer-funded airborne predator-control programs are obliterating the possibility that there will be another Milford mountain lion.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2014

In poring over these submissions, we were struck by how routinely the Internet and smartphones are obliterating the geographical boundaries that used to define one’s dating pool.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2011

The ancient cut and faint colour of the garb have been preserved, but new ideas are being constantly interwoven and are obliterating the old.

From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter