Example Sentences

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They’ll be digging into why money stress is wrecking your life — and how to fix it.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Meanwhile, a throat polyp is wrecking her voice, one more piece of evidence for her that what she needs and what the world wants don’t agree.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

For generations, China's economy has been the most important priority and Covid is wrecking it.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022

In Niger, climate change is wrecking crops even as technology is helping more children survive, so a population of 19 million will reach 72 million hungry people by 2050.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2016

If Major Guilford is wrecking the railroad, why is he spending so much money on improvements?

From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis