Sentence examples for potentially ruinous effect from inspiring English sources

— As tourists and residents fled the Outer Banks of North Carolina, a step ahead of the potentially ruinous effect of Hurricane Earl on their Labor Day weekend, hundreds of beachgoers of a certain type were making a beeline in the opposite direction.

(The hope behind that policy, city officials said, was to shield young people from the potentially ruinous effects of the criminal justice system, especially when it involves minor incidents).

Its efforts garnered media attention because of supporters like Mr. Allen, who testified at a public hearing before the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2000 and made a short film about what he saw as the potentially ruinous effects of tall buildings in the neighborhood of mostly Queen Anne and Victorian-style homes.

As a result, anybody who needs medical attention could face staggering, potentially ruinous medical bills with one of these plans.

"It's potentially ruinous".

It is unsubtle, reckless, potentially ruinous.

There were early, potentially ruinous, offers for Wotan, too.

But Congress could, and should, have stopped this potentially ruinous trajectory.

In yesterday's stock market free fall, it was potentially ruinous.

The threat of a regional war seems to be growing, with potentially ruinous consequences.

There is yet one more scenario, and it is potentially ruinous for the Republican Party.