as in to wipe out
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The Show-Me state has two Democrats in Congress and four Republicans, and a map Trump posted on social media would wipe out one Democratic seat.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Sep. 2025 -
The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Aug. 2025
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Bass sacked Kristin Crowley a month after the January 2025 Palisades Fire, and her dismissal was followed by finger-pointing between the ex-chief and City Hall over the blaze's devastation and the fire department’s funding.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Hurricanes could have two high picks in offensive tackle Francis Mauigoa and sack artist Rueben Bain Jr.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Construction, which involves tearing down two, 1980s-era office buildings to make room for hundreds of apartments, is expected to start this spring.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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City leaders are set to begin tearing down the building on Thursday afternoon at 5655 Old National Highway.—
CBS News Atlanta Staff,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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If there really was a class of unaccountable, libertine global élites plundering the world, then wasn’t Trump obviously a member?—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
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What’s the reward for being the most productively plundered of the mid-majors?—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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Most family homes had been robbed and looted.—
Yousra Elbagir,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
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Much of the Kim clan’s once-opulent house had burned down after being looted, Kim says.—
Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
24 Feb. 2026
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Gizmodo continues that the results of the CT scans astonished researchers because her right TMJ, near the ear, had been destroyed.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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Half a million acres burned, destroying $300 million in timber and at least 150 homes and other structures.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
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His business partner, Henry Muck (Kit Harrington), hates him, while Henry’s wife, Yasmin (Marissa Abela), is trying to sabotage Tender from the inside.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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This absorbing book documents attempts by activists who are part of the Antifa movement to expose and sabotage far-right-wing groups.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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North Texas — whose roster was pillaged in the portal and saw its top players leave for Oklahoma State alongside former head coach Eric Morris — have signed 42 transfers.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan. 2026
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In a landscape of sequels and overly pillaged IP, the Stranger Things finale is finite and close-ended, the credits rolling once and for all.—
Yohana Desta,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Spoliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoliate. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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