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They can also slowly and quietly erode your investment returns.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The threat that OpenAI’s ChatGPT could take away search traffic and erode its more than 90% market share seemed real.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Instead, the biggest risk would come if elevated oil prices persist long enough to erode household spending and weigh on economic growth.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

In Southern California, cliffs could erode more than 130 feet by the end of the century, and the consequences of erosion have already proved to be severe on major roads, railways and other critical infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

This job was about maintaining power, and goodwill could erode that power.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

“The risk would be if the demand outlook materially erodes relative to expectations,” Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

That erodes the purchasing power of the yen and feeds into the inflation problem that the Bank of Japan only recently started raising interest rates to fight.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Every time City Hall fails to do that— potholes that don’t get fixed, streetlights that stay dark, 911 calls that go unanswered — it erodes people’s faith that government can solve problems at all.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

But such heavy commercial appeal erodes all that singularity, leaving queer people to fend for themselves in defining and celebrating their identities, apart from the pinkwashing.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

But the liquid from within bounced on the still water like a violent rainstorm that erodes the land.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

“The gap tends to widen quietly over time, and most retirees don’t notice it until it’s already eroded their budget.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli re-established the comfortable championship lead that had been eroded in the past three races with victory in the Belgian Grand Prix while team-mate George Russell crashed out.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Already, the official response to the Lineage fire has eroded trust in government agencies, residents say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The siege of Gaza "directly undermined reproductive and newborn health", while the collapse of public health programmes "eroded the conditions necessary for a healthy next generation".

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The positive side of visits was made tragic by the truth that prison, over time, eroded or erased practically all relationships.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

This misperception carries profound consequences and is currently rippling through our world, eroding trust, deepening isolation and creating a social environment in which empathy is swiftly becoming an atrophied muscle in desperate need of exercise.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

While that may have been good policy in the past since those workers often had an easier time working longer, that gap may be eroding.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

By 2025, with the huge reserves eroding, the county required a first fiscal stabilization plan, which included significant layoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Tebas said that the Balogun decision was the "tip of the iceberg" following a series of events which had been "eroding the credibility of Fifa and football in general for many years".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Now there were always at least two men on watch as the stubborn ice began eroding.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong