Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoliating
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New genetic data indicates that cats feeding off the abundant rodents plundering human food stores domesticated themselves for similar reasons around 10,000 years ago.—
Shoshi Parks,
Popular Science,
10 June 2026 -
But Texas Tech isn't the only program from the Lone Star State whose commit list LSU is plundering.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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Shares slumped 16% for a third straight session of losses, wiping out $400 billion in market cap on Monday alone.—
Gail Krishnan,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
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The prospect of even a mini-Dust Bowl is alarming as the original disaster during the Great Depression sent dust clouds across rural America, wiping out entire communities and triggering mass migration to other parts of the country.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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Gordon worked with archeologists to match statues to specific sites that Toek Tik raided, mapping out looting networks.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Both were offered up by the same person, Marino Massimo De Caro, later convicted of looting an Italian library.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
8 June 2026
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The showpiece against the hosts was the first genuinely one-sided final in the competition, with the Swedes unable to cope with Pele, Vava, Garrincha and the marauding Djalma Santos.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
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But the porcine population has ballooned and now everyone’s up to their eyes in rampaging, marauding boars.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Villa’s then sporting director Monchi reportedly attempting a straight swap of him for goalkeeper Emi Martinez last summer is a sacking offence (perhaps literally).—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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Giants linebacker Abdul Carter didn’t waste any time sacking his own quarterback.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
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The British Government is desperate to make progress in tearing down trade barriers.—
Anand Menon,
Time,
13 June 2026
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Yes to hugging and high-fiving a stranger; no to tearing down a lamppost and smashing a cop car.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
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Some commentators’ dark horses for the tournament, Norway qualified from Europe with a perfect record, pillaging goals at will, while mercilessly dispatching opponents.—
Jonathan Thompson,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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Picking up where episode 7 left off, Wayne (Toby Wallace) wakes up to Rue pillaging his safe.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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Historical novelists are often charged with disrespect and unseriousness, of ransacking the archives for sensational scenery to hang behind their conventional family sagas and love stories.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Two burglars in East Hollywood got away with valuables after breaking into an apartment and ransacking it on Tuesday night.—
Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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“Spoliating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoliating. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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