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Recent Examples of ruiner
McKellen has mentioned the robe-ruiner before.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Only one of these teams is in a playoff position, while the rest will be trying to play season-ruiner.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Only one of these teams is in a playoff position, while the rest will be trying to play season-ruiner.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruiner
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Sharaa, who has signed a five-year transitional document that serves as a de facto constitution, seems aware of the risks and has thus far been able to outflank his potential rivals and saboteurs, keeping his country out of the ongoing regional war.—
Alvaro Vargas Llosa,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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Team players can win more often than saboteurs.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Cars were then radioless, so the two officers hiked to the nearest phone, put out an all-points bulletin on the car that had got away, and then called for a wrecker.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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Downs, 21, a 6-foot, 206-pound game wrecker, is an Alabama transfer who disrupts offenses consistently with a high football IQ and a downhill, violent play style.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Start with your biggest time waster and build from there.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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Japan’s Aegis destroyer Chokai has officially gained the ability to launch long-range Tomahawk missiles after completing a series of modifications and crew training in the US that began last October.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Navy exercised an option last year to add an additional destroyer to the contract.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Everyone cosplays as a wasteland ravager, depraved, ugly, and dirty, talking about cannibalism and the brutality of all sorts.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Ruiner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruiner. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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