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[rav-ij] / ˈræv ɪdʒ /


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The Citrini selloff latched onto the market’s recent paranoia that artificial intelligence could ravage established players in a range of industries.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

The limits have hobbled Russia’s use of drone-mounted terminals that had begun to ravage Ukrainian supply lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

As people worldwide watched wildfires ravage neighborhoods around Los Angeles County in January, some found comfort in the story of Weinraub’s little engine that could.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

“Christian forgiveness does not demand we allow the cruel to ravage the whole earth; it demands we love our enemies,” he said.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2025

She fought against it as though there were demons in her trying to claw their way out and ravage the world.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"I have lived through the ravages of war," she wrote on social media.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

McLaughlin hopes the designations will allow the trust to make its nature reserves "more resilient to the ravages of climate change" by restoring habitats and creating wildlife corridors beyond the boundaries of the reserves.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

“The arduous reparation from the ravages of the pandemic are all but complete, with the shares now having exceeded the record highs achieved in 2018,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

A worried mother working miles away from her family frantically tries to get her three children out of harm’s way as an out of control fire ravages their community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025

The people of her khalasar had welcomed,the chance to recover from the ravages of the red waste, but now that they were plump and rested once again, they began to grow unruly.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

This ravaged warscape hadn’t much changed when I returned a year later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

By then, fire had ravaged the community; the report suggests that incident commanders were unaware of the devastation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Flooding—which ravaged coastal towns and my basement over the weekend—is also more frequent, in part because warmer water helps strengthen storms.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

The state government says a toxic algal bloom that has ravaged the state's coastline for more than 18 months may be to blame for the sharp decline.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

John Edwards, Kerry’s former running mate from North Carolina, had launched his campaign a month prior to that, speaking in front of a New Orleans home that had been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The 19th-century statesmen gathered at Vienna to stabilize Europe in the aftermath of Napoleon’s ravaging.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

The ravaging of the museum reflects the destruction seen across Khartoum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Tens of thousands of emigrants from Ireland, desperate to escape the famine ravaging their home country, landed in 1847 at the Grosse Île quarantine station in what is now the Canadian province of Quebec.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Fame is a bedfellow of the newer, more modern American dream, which promises not only contentment, but success, as a reward for ambition, ravaging the lifestyles of millions of people in the process.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Later, his colleagues would suggest that the telltale signs of decline had lurked just beneath the surface, quietly ravaging the scholar’s mind like moss on a rotting tree.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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