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Chief among their concerns is that a dozen new homes will wreak havoc on the area’s fragile ecosystem and that the developer lacks any real experience to undertake a project of this size.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

Unless humanity acts swiftly to curb emissions, scientists say, the same forces that have destabilized the poles will wreak havoc on the rest of the globe.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021

And there is an ongoing risk that deceptive information online will wreak havoc offline.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2020

These plans and policies will wreak irreparable havoc and damage, causing suffering and pain to millions in the U.S. and beyond.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2017

Time will do the book justice or will wreak justice upon it.

From Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations by Eliot, Charles William