despoilments

plural of despoilment

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Noun
  • Democrats never dare to criticize any of these Third World monsters, only the cops trying to protect American taxpayers from their cruel depredations.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
  • His nanny was his fierce protector and insulated him from the depredations of Nazis and their enablers, baptizing him and teaching him to handily hurl anti-Jewish epithets to fit in.
    Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • The decision to hire the Crumbie Law Group to investigate the potential misuses involving city credit cards and other resources was approved by the Board of Aldermen during a special meeting on Wednesday.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026
  • The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA) prohibits specific intentional misuses and establishes a 36-month regulatory sandbox.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The company also has Fox Nation, a subscription streamer featuring lifestyle and other programming substantially designed to appeal to superfans of Fox News Channel, long the biggest of the 24/7 news operations but facing cord-cutting’s decimations like all its cable brethren.
    David Bloom, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • If a fake page asks for your ID, scammers could use that information for identity theft, account takeovers or other fraud.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • The bill contains no such prohibition on mobile home takeovers, and the president did not mention such purchases in his January order.
    Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Many before Labīd and many after him across the long arc of Arabic, have begun their poems by standing upon ruins.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Sri Lanka, off the southeastern coast of India, packs lush tea plantations, ancient Buddhist ruins, biodiversity and pristine beaches into one of the most affordable trips on this list — though its popularity is rising fast.
    Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • The expropriations, along with the firings, consolidated state control of the oil sector and, experts say, drained the country of expertise and investment, inflicting lasting damage.
    Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Following the 2007 expropriations under Chávez, many of these facilities were nationalized, and then undermaintained and allowed to deteriorate.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Instant extinctions are not limited to mechanical innovations like photography and cinematography, however.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Although the cartilaginous fish have survived the last five extinctions our planet has faces, more than a third of shark and ray species are threatened with extinction due to overfishing, habitat loss and climate change.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • The trustees note in the report a handful of changing conditions such as fertility rates, immigration, economic conditions and legislation passed since last year have changed the assumptions on which the report is based.
    Mason Leib, ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • Too often, firms skip this and rely on assumptions.
    Matthew Nigro, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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“Despoilments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoilments. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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