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After a vicious cyclone this month razed slums housing many undocumented immigrants on the French island territory of Mayotte, Safina Soula did not shed a tear.—
Julie Bourdin,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2024 -
Historians commissioned by the state had just published an official report on the deadly attack on the town of Rosewood in 1923, when a white mob razed the majority-Black community and drove out its residents.—
Kate Payne,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024
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The Stretford End was demolished and replaced.—
Michael Walker,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Lower Hill District was a vibrant, majority-Black neighborhood before it was controversially demolished in the 1950s to make way for the Civic Arena.—
Ryan Deto,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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The war has destroyed vast areas of Gaza, displaced most of the population and left nearly everyone dependent on international aid.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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Homes and the nearby shops on North Fair Oaks had been destroyed.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Police arrested 23-year-old Juventino Anastacio Florentino after his mangled sedan was found sitting in the driveway of a Staten Island home, police sources said.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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Officers later arrived to find a mangled gray SUV, with its driver pinned underneath, according to a criminal complaint in the case.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
9 July 2025
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That’s already ahead of Wisconsin’s 2023 national record of $56 million, which obliterated the previous high-water mark of $15 million set during the 2004 election of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier, even when adjusting for inflation.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Thanks to major investments in public health, diseases such as smallpox, polio, yellow fever, malaria, measles, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tuberculosis have either been obliterated or become vanishingly rare.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
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The venture devised by stars Tiger Woods and Rory Mcilroy was intended to launch a year ago but a storm wrecked the building.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan. 2025
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Knee and shoulder injuries wrecked her 2024 season, with the Tunisian speaking about needing regular knee injections to be able to play following a third-round defeat to Elina Svitolina at Wimbledon in July.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Among those assisting are search teams and emergency crews from Mexico, who have joined overwhelmed local responders in searching for the missing and helping clean up devastated communities.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
8 July 2025
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The girls left behind a devastated big sister along with their parents.—
Andrew DeMillo,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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“Dynamited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dynamited. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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