havocking

Definition of havockingnext
present participle of havoc
as in wiping out

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  • Although specific town-by-town figures haven’t been released yet, it’s expected that New Britain could get $10 million or more, instantly wiping out more than half of the deficit that educators warned about.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • Those errors — which had some tickets showing a lower fine than the $344 required by Florida law and others bearing the wrong ticket numbers — resulted in a Miami-Dade judge wiping out 5,400 violations last spring that drivers were fighting in court.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
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  • Kyiv has long accused Russia of plundering these regions' resources.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But the sea lies in a region of the Golden State where there are already numerous environmental concerns, and some residents worry that plundering for lithium could exacerbate the problem.
    Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
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  • For a few minutes at each end of that window, the moon’s edge will appear to align with that of the sun, blotting out the star’s fierce light and revealing the wispy corona off to one side.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026
  • From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
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  • According to News Karnataka, eyewitnesses claimed to see the large animal lift the driver with its trunk before trampling and fatally goring him.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
  • Bromley are a freight train trampling opponents along their way with physicality, aggression and speed, alongside some occasional sprinkles of finesse.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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  • Instead of slaying a burgundy and blue dragon by taking out the Avs’ second-best player, the Wild officially woke up the beast.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
  • Since this will require taking out a new loan to pay off the existing one (homeowners keep the difference as cash), a mortgage rate exchange will inevitably occur.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 4 May 2026
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  • Allow these to regrow and form new plants after removing all the dead.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
  • On Saturday, that included removing Jake LaRavia from the rotation entirely as rookie forward Adou Thiero became the Lakers’ third player off the bench and veteran big man Maxi Kleber moved into the rotation as the ninth option.
    Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
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  • As with Osterweil, who argued that white supremacy can render even violent looting a legitimate act, Piker and Tolentino suggest that certain crimes become not just morally justifiable but even admirable when coupled with a claim against structural injustice.
    Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Richard Schmeelk died at age 97 in May 2022 — but Corona kept on looting his widow’s accounts, according to court records.
    Kamaron McNair,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
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  • With disease ravaging Earth, Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) leads a group of astronauts out on an incredibly dangerous mission through a wormhole on a last-ditch attempt at finding somewhere else to live.
    Grace Dean, Space.com, 2 May 2026
  • The Thunder dug in their heels through two Game 7s, a title run and a season of ravaging injury luck.
    Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Havocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/havocking. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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