Example Sentences

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Unfortunately for the species' long-term survival, human beings have been destroying their habitat in a number of ways, from paving new roads and operating military bases to constructing utility plants and grazing livestock.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2024

In the neighbouring mountains on I-Tlang, Mizo farmers complain that Assam police have been destroying their crops from early June.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2021

But ever since European settlement, Americans have been destroying them with trees.

From Slate • May 25, 2020

Q: The Bucks have been destroying their opponents this season, so close games have been few and far between.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2020

We have been destroying the life, the wealth and beauty of the world.

From Mobilizing Woman-Power by Blatch, Harriot Stanton