Example Sentences

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“They are wrecking curbside recycling through costly and dangerous contamination.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

But assistant superintendent Em Casey says the hunger-driven javelina insurgents are wrecking shop so hard this year that the course has to spend 45 to 50 hours a week repairing the damage.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2023

The Australian Koala Foundation has called for legislation to protect them and curb land clearing and mining projects that are wrecking their habitats.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2022

Rouhani and other pragmatic Iranians want to start over again too; for one thing, the renewed and tightened sanctions are wrecking their economy.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2020

You are wrecking your life for an insane scruple.

From The Odds And Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)