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Alberto Echemendía, the head of the Communist Party in Morón, held a rally of “revolutionary reaffirmation” in front of the ransacked party headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The offices of several environmentalist groups were ransacked in the Charente-Maritime department.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

One baby ransacked her belongings, another clung to her for months as a surrogate mother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The apartment Hase shares with Jake, her father’s former student, is ransacked, and all that’s stolen are Hase’s laptop and Jake’s papers, “hapless attempts to solve arcane math problems.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

The room had been ransacked: drawers were hanging open and books had been tossed all over the place.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook