Example Sentences

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In recent years, development projects in Egypt's second city have razed historic parks and -- most egregiously to locals -- privatised and obstructed much of its Mediterranean coastline.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

In particular, the buildings next to the beach appear to have razed to the ground.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

Housing officials have razed dilapidated apartments in cities such as Lowell, northwest of Boston, and Fall River, near the Rhode Island line.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

The fires have razed tens of thousands of acres of forestland, but the number of homes that have been destroyed remains unclear.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2021

The people are sorely in need of firewood, and not being far-seeing enough to realize what a menace it is to the country to denude it so unscientifically, they have razed every treelet.

From Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir