Example Sentences
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Last month, explorers discovered the ruins of the Douglas DC-4 aircraft using an autonomous sonar drone that detected the aircraft's fuselage and tail.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Meanwhile, critics—many of whom are researchers who have studied relationships for decades—say that it encourages self-centeredness and self-delusion and ruins families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Holding her camera and notebook, archaeologist Micheline Kurdi walked through the ruins to document the site's state and plan the first "quick interventions" to restore it, she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
A Minion also stars in, and ruins, the opening scene of 1941’s “Citizen Kane.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
They found a temple all slimy and moss-grown, but not quite in ruins, and there they gave thanks for their escape and prayed for help in their dreadful loneliness.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
