Build
Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.
Ruining
Ruining noun - Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.
Both words in one sentence
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Then the Season 7 finale seems to build up a standard They Do ending... Only for it to be subverted at the last moment with Larry's standard behavior ruining their moment.
Source: Series / Curb Your Enthusiasm -
A lot of frustrations harbored by the audience toward John Cena come from his first response to almost every attempt by his feuding opponents to build up a serious or competitive mood being a smirk on his face, thereby ruining any momentum a given storyline has.
Source: Wrestling / John Cena -
Once in office, Stark does partially keep his promises: he uses some of the state budget to build schools and hospitals for the poor, but spends the rest on ruining his political enemies and financing a private harem of multiethnic hookers.
Source: Bourgeois Bumpkin
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