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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

They worry the practice could mislead voters and corrode trust in nonpartisan news providers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026

Committee chair Matt Western warned mishandling similar future cases will "corrode public trust".

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

His golden skin began to corrode, breaking into chunks.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

The role of compromise is critical in a democracy, but with an important caveat: Compromise untethered from principled leadership corrodes democratic legitimacy rather than preserving it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

It must become a philosophy that corrodes collective faith, collective beliefs, and becomes excessively individualistic.

From Slate ● May 16, 2026

The criticism forced Attorney General Eric Holder to apologize and led to new Justice Department policies sharply limiting investigations of journalists, recognizing that targeting reporters to identify sources corrodes the First Amendment itself.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

“When an officer violates someone’s civil rights, it corrodes trust in law enforcement and undermines the effectiveness of other officers who sacrifice to protect the public,” U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

The salt in seawater also corrodes metal and destroys electrical connectors.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

He is right that forward guidance has corroded the central bank’s discipline rather than sharpened it.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

That pipeline, which Sable says it has fully repaired, was found to be severely corroded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026

However, the researchers did not look into what happened when the glass was deliberately smashed -- or corroded by chemicals.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

For we did not foresee then a world in which trust in traditional sources of news and information would be corroded by a rising cynicism, turbo-charged by social media and, increasingly now, AI.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

Inside the tower was a corroded iron spiral staircase.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

"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

In columns and on TV, he warns that Hegseth’s cavalier attitude toward the rule of law and civilian protections is corroding military professionalism.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

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

He adds that migration is an "emotive and complicated issue", but the UK and other Western nations should avoid "cherry-picking the best and corroding African states from being successful themselves".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë