corrosion
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“I’m very concerned about the possible corrosion, specifically rust, of all the hardware that holds the bridge together and that attaches the cables,” one participant said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Years of exposure to salt spray contributed to corrosion of the cannons - which will be treated at Dorothea Restorations in Bristol.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
For the rest of us, the corrosion of a 37,000-person-strong crimefighting force tasked with investigating everything from terrorism to corruption is arguably a threat to public safety.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
Once this happens, the surface can enter a form of degradation known as transpassive corrosion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ever since the Hunley was placed in this tank, researchers and scientists have been painstakingly cleaning a century-and-a-half of sand, sediment, corrosion, and encrustation from the world’s first successful combat submarine.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Genre-bending authors are often well-suited to making sense of the daily horrors and subtle corrosions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
All religions have changed and suffered secular corrosions, despite signs of revival in recent years.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Now, for all the corrosions of inflation, food prices and property taxes, money seems a bit looser.
From Time Magazine Archive
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More graceful in its architecture than the arena, the theater yielded more readily to the vandalisms of the conquerors and the corrosions of time.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine
Yes, he was an optimist and a dreamer!—one who had, indeed, never grappled in his own person with the worst poisons and corrosions of the soul.
From The Marriage of William Ashe by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Vocabulary lists containing corrosion
Song for a Whale
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Unit 3, Academic Vocabulary
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