corrosion
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Those additions, coupled with the long-term degradation from corrosion, ultimately caused the collapse four decades after construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The main long-term risks are corrosion of the copper canisters or earthquakes during future ice ages, which could potentially damage the capsules and cause radioactive fuel to leak, Kyllonen said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
The first electric powered train passed through in June 2020 but the tunnel's overhead power system has since suffered corrosion and electrical wear, meaning more frequent maintenance.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Newer seawater electrolysis research continues to focus on the same bottlenecks: corrosion resistant materials, long lasting electrodes, chlorine suppression, and system designs that can survive real seawater rather than ideal laboratory solutions.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
There were times when her freckles were not sunny but like corrosion or rust.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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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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The corrosions may be small, or may extend over a very large surface.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
Will the operation do more harm to his constitution than the slow corrosions of a disorder grown inveterate?
From Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question by Godkin, Edwin Lawrence
Vocabulary lists containing corrosion
Song for a Whale
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Unit 3, Academic Vocabulary
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