Example Sentences
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Three fire engines and two fire service cars were destroyed in the blaze.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
An isolated home was destroyed but no casualties have been reported, state official Sophie Brocas said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
So far this year, 205 Asian hornet queens have been caught and nine primary nests destroyed across Guernsey and Herm.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Colonial states are founded on dispossession, he argues—and when indigenous peoples “resist,” they are simply destroyed in the name of security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
It wouldn’t be the worst way to go, being destroyed by the Sky God himself.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
