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wreaked

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past tense of wreak

as in inflicted

to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies

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Recent Examples of wreaked So where does this rank among the wackiest havoc ever wreaked by domes on innocent baseballs? — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 After an unreleased OpenAI model wreaked enough havoc to make international headlines, OpenAI delayed the development of a different unreleased model suite, Astra, in order to shore up its safety work, the company wrote Tuesday in a blog post. — Hayden Field, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2026 The January 2025 wildfires that swept through Pacific Palisades wreaked devastation practically beyond belief, destroying more than 5,600 homes and businesses. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Beyond Ormund, the episode is meant to give a sense of the wanton destruction wreaked upon innocent civilians in the midst of war. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 The one-two punch wreaked massive destruction throughout the region, killing at least 235 and wounding more than 4,300. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 27 June 2026 But in recent weeks, the fish have wreaked havoc for fishermen off the coast of Crete and several other Greek islands, chomping through nets. — ABC News, 26 June 2026 Once during tax time to prepare for open-toe season, and again when fall begins to recover from the damage open-toe season has wreaked. — Lauren Silbert, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 Recent storms have wreaked havoc across some Chicago suburbs, with reports of trees down, roofs blown off and multiple power outages. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026

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Advertisement One production focuses on the suffering Israel inflicted, the other on the suffering Israelis endured.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia in recent weeks have inflicted severe losses on the kingdom, with missiles hitting energy infrastructure and civilian airports, killing at least 20 people.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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The bill imposed new pre-enrollment verification requirements on people buying insurance through the ACA marketplace, and ended enhanced premium tax credits implemented during the pandemic that drove down premiums.

— Jack Harvel October 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
Then, Hamas took control of Gaza, Israel imposed a blockade, there were years of Hamas rocket fire into Israel and Israeli retaliation.

— Daniel Estrin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

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