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wreaking

verb

present participle of wreak

as in inflicting

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

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Recent Examples of wreaking In the film, Hathaway reprises her role as Andy Sachs, a successful newspaper journalist who, along with her colleagues, is fired en masse as part of the havoc digital media is wreaking on the print industry. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Small parts and fragments of material clog up your dishwasher, wreaking havoc in their wake. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 July 2026 Robert Eggers is once again wreaking Gothic period havoc upon theaters this coming Christmas. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 June 2026 For example, porch lights left on in large numbers can disrupt birds' natural migratory paths, wreaking havoc on wildlife. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 26 June 2026 And Caglianone wasn’t done wreaking havoc at the plate. — Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026 The View From Quasi-Retirement AI has already been wreaking havoc on the Cannes Lions awards themselves. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 22 June 2026 As almost everyone else in Widow’s Bay takes shelter from a storm that’s wreaking havoc and even sucking some residents into the sky, Tom goes to Ruth’s house and weighs a terrible moral dilemma. — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026 New research suggests this late-night habit could be wreaking havoc. — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 June 2026

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He has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, the department said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026
Of course, this horrid wave of diarrhea-inflicting illness wasn’t dumped from the sky by a crown-sporting octogenarian president zooming around in a fighter jet.

— Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026

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In recent days, the White House has turned from threatening attacks to imposing sanctions.

— Susan Page, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
The Savannah City Council is poised to join several other municipal and county governments along the I-95 corridor in imposing a 155-day moratorium on large data center developments.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of imposing

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Mars challenges restrictive Saturn, putting your desire to take a chance against someone else’s need for reassurance.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026
The CameraJet came out on top on every metric—but the comparison seems a bit like putting a mortar and pestle up against a VitaMix.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026

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