corrosive
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She highlighted how "corrosive" inflation can be, affecting lower-income households much harder than those with higher incomes, whose consumption has remained robust despite the surging inflation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
It gives unique insight into the meaning of history, the moral problem of military dominance by one culture over others and the corrosive effect—in the Hellenic world as elsewhere—of the allure of money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Experts say the age of pipes, the corrosive soil they’re buried in and pressure changes in pipes that send water to hillside neighborhoods all contribute to breaks across the aging system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
"No child should be targeted under 16 for social media - it is addictive, it is corruptive, it is corrosive and it's predatory."
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
There’s nothing so painful, so corrosive, as suspicion.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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