Example Sentences

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Pollution has ravaged once-abundant stocks of fish and crab.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Ash trees are fighting back against a disease that has ravaged the British countryside, new scientific evidence shows.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

Though the Dodgers’ pitching depth might look safe for now, much will depend on their ability to avoid the injury bug that has ravaged their staff the past couple of seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

For Aguilar, his proposal in Nevada — where turnover has ravaged local election departments since 2020 — is part of a wider plan to protect election workers, whom he refers to as “heroes of democracy.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

It has ravaged how many of our homes, it has wrung how many of the hearts before me?

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