Among those offering messages of hope and perseverance at the Kahului vigil was Pastor John Crewe of Lahaina United Methodist Church on Front Street, whose 100-year-old sanctuary is now in ruins.

Source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/09/02/hawaii-news/maui-mourns-lahaina-victims-while-seeking-comfort-at-vigils/

Back when it was still James Watt College it was a saviour when his life was suddenly left in ruins.

Source: https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/23592292.lecturer-mark-gillan-says-college-saved-nearly-going-blind/?ref=rss

Entire neighbourhoods and vital infrastructure, including hospitals, across Syria were already in ruins as a result of the fighting before the earthquake struck.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64544478?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Family business 'in ruins' after devastating blaze 'destroys everything'

Source: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/family-business-in-ruins-after-26921653

Haven’t you noticed that they’re in ruins?

Source: https://spectator.org/those-wise-greeks-were-idiots/

He drew several parallels between Hiroshima and Ukraine, saying that pictures of the Japanese city in ruins after bombing reminded him of present-day Bakhmut.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65662563?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

It shows Midgar in ruins after a tornado apparently tore through some sectors.

Source: https://gamerant.com/ff7-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-every-major-character-shown-summer-game-fest-trailer/

Maccagnan left the team in ruins.

Source: https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2023/10/15/23917692/eagles-jets-game-preview-questions-answers-nfl-week-6-enemy-robert-saleh-zach-wilson-sauce-gardner

Sadly, the convulsions of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake range from bereaved families to people left behind with devastated homes and entire villages in ruins.

Source: https://moderntokyotimes.com/morocco-announces-support-to-people-hit-by-the-brutal-earthquake/

Seventh seed Ons Jabeur’s hopes of becoming the first African woman to win a singles Grand Slam lay in ruins on Wednesday after her 3-6 7-6(5) 6-1 defeat by Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia in the French Open quarter-finals.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/06/07/swiatek-outclasses-gauff-jabeurs-dream-in-tatters/

Several other large buildings were in ruins, and grain spilled out of at least two wrecked silos.

Source: https://gcaptain.com/russia-strikes-ukraines-danube-port-sending-global-grain-prices-higher/

The ongoing intense battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut has left 60% of the city in ruins, Donetsk governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

Source: https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/national/23231292.russias-putin-orders-36-hour-weekend-ceasefire-ukraine/?ref=rss

There are rows of slave cabins, now mostly in ruins.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/03/06/george-longenecker-african-american-studies-banned-in-florida/

This once ambitious endeavour now lies in ruins, overshadowed by legal controversies and a trail of unresolved issues.

Source: https://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-marina-project-15-year-saga-of-mismanagement-legal-battles-and-ruined-ambitions-442828

Vowing to destroy Hamas and bring back the hostages, Israel launched a massive offensive against the Palestinian Islamist movement that has left much of the Gaza Strip in ruins.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/stop-fight-start-negotiations-gaza-hostages-families-to-israel-4687050

"We are in Bakhmut and the enemy does not control it," Zelenskiy said, refuting claims by Russian forces that they had captured the city, in ruins after months of attritional warfare and bombardment.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/ukraine-pushes-for-western-warplane-coalition/article_570b2b95-aea0-5b66-a81c-4aa7f3163e24.html

When the ensuing civil war ended in 1939, hundreds of thousands were dead and the country was in ruins.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/04/24/spain-exhumes-fascist-party-founder-from-mausoleum/

With Mr. Macron’s efforts to achieve social “” clearly in ruins, the hard-liners in his coalition, such as the tough-on-crime interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, are likely to be strengthened.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/opinion/france-protests-nahel-m.html

With the building now laying in ruins amid a pile of rubble, authorities are trying to piece together what took place.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/everything-know-crooked-house-amid-27513542