Example Sentences

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“White-nose syndrome is decimating cave-dwelling bat species like the northern long-eared bat at unprecedented rates,” said Martha Williams, director of the U.S.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2022

The speed of omicron’s spread in the U.K., where cases of the variant are doubling about every two days, is decimating the economy in the busy pre-Christmas period.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2021

The framework helped keep a lid on German unemployment following the Great Recession, and is being used again there now that coronavirus is decimating the global economy.

From Slate • May 5, 2020

African swine fever is decimating the world’s largest hog herd in China, and that holds risk and opportunity for U.S. pork producers.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2019

The people are, of course, told, with suitable statistics, how famine is decimating England and France, and how the total starvation of those unfortunate countries is imminent.

From Crescent and Iron Cross by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)