corrode
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Gold is prized in electronic circuits because it conducts electricity well and does not corrode.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Higher ethanol blends can also corrode gasoline pumps, storage tanks and other infrastructure unless retailers and distributors make upgrades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Starring a stacked Guatemalan cast, including actor Tony Revolori, the project underlined the encroaching impacts of climate change that corrode once treasured memories, including those of Moreno, who grew up visiting the vacation destination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Committee chair Matt Western warned mishandling similar future cases will "corrode public trust".
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
Be a lot of work to clean ’em up and rezinc them, too, so they don’t corrode.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
It must become a philosophy that corrodes collective faith, collective beliefs, and becomes excessively individualistic.
From Slate ● May 16, 2026
“When an officer turns routine traffic stops into opportunities for theft, for their own benefit, it corrodes public trust and endangers the integrity of our justice system.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
I learned that leaving the knife wet corrodes it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
That corrodes the steel reinforcement bars, causing concrete cancer.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
The salt in seawater also corrodes metal and destroys electrical connectors.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
CSB reports cited a range of avoidable failures, from corroded pipes to the lack of safety equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
SNP strategists believe the controversy corroded trust in the party and cost them a significant amount of support.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
He is right that forward guidance has corroded the central bank’s discipline rather than sharpened it.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
The infrastructure is part of an offshore oil operation that had been closed since 2015, when a corroded section of one of the pipelines burst and caused one of the state’s worst oil spills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
I felt even my soul had been corroded by salt.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
"I cannot describe it. I mean, it looks ugly, really ugly," the 69-year-old said, peering through its corroding gates.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
“I believe they have been corroding our civil discourse, they’ve been ‘attention fracking’ our children and treating our youth like products, not people.”
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2025
Much of the corroding metal throughout the structure needs to be replaced, but “the masonry’s in good condition,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
That’s the quiet corruption corroding modern philanthropy: the ability to give as a license to impose one’s will.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was lost— good manners, ease and beauty?
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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