wrecking ball
noun
: a heavy iron or steel ball swung or dropped by a derrick to demolish old buildings
called also wrecker's ball
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On that album, #gigi, skai harnessed beat drops like wrecking balls crashing into the walls of their heart.
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Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026
Midway neighborhood advocates who have longed for the demolition of the derelict CVS Pharmacy building at Snelling and University avenues may finally get to see the structure fall before the proverbial wrecking ball next Monday morning.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
Preservationists, afraid that significant architecture may fall to the wrecking ball, have alleged that Miami Beach’s historic-preservation ordinance essentially allows demolition without city approval.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Commentary and questions, particularly from anti-voting rights Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Samuel Alito, seemed to suggest that the Court was poised to take a wrecking ball to the VRA.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
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Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026
Midway neighborhood advocates who have longed for the demolition of the derelict CVS Pharmacy building at Snelling and University avenues may finally get to see the structure fall before the proverbial wrecking ball next Monday morning.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
Preservationists, afraid that significant architecture may fall to the wrecking ball, have alleged that Miami Beach’s historic-preservation ordinance essentially allows demolition without city approval.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Commentary and questions, particularly from anti-voting rights Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Samuel Alito, seemed to suggest that the Court was poised to take a wrecking ball to the VRA.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Wrecking ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrecking%20ball. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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