The tables of sunrise & sunset for another 12-month are almost the only surefire commodity for which to render thanks to God.
In fulfillment of a vow made by their predecessors, the consuls offered to Jupiter a white ox, his favourite sacrifice, and, after rendering thanks for the preservation of the state during the past year, they made the same vow as that by which their predecessors had been bound.
(An entire opening sequence, featuring pedestrians strolling under the Brooklyn Bridge, apparently drowning in self-perception, was ultimately rendered unusable, thanks to camera problems).
It was also metaphysical: you had been chosen, made intelligible and harmonious by editors and finally rendered eligible, thanks to the magic that turns a manuscript into a book, for canonization and immortality.
Travelling to most EU countries has been rendered easier thanks to the single currency – as has the Schengen border-free zone (plenty of eastern EU destinations would have required a visa application a few decades ago).
But there are a ton of maps applications that could be rendered obsolete, thanks mainly to the addition of turn-by-turn navigation.
Its success launched another wave of competing bags from companies like Away, Barracuda and Modobag, the "World's First Motorized, Rideable Luggage". All of that innovation may be now rendered moot thanks to the batteries used to power each unit.
Yeah, make it easier for the violent intruder to commit those home invasion robberies knowing defensive weapons have been rendered useless thanks to the advice of Det.
Sherman has long entranced the art world with images exploring the many masks women wear, all starring Sherman herself rendered unrecognizable thanks to a wide array of sensual, grotesque and entertaining disguises.
But as climate change continues unabated, there is a growing population of displaced men, women and children whose homes have been rendered unlivable thanks to a wide spectrum of environmental disasters.
