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As these planes age, they can corrode and require increasingly complex, time-consuming maintenance to keep them flight-ready.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The EU executive, however, has repeatedly insisted the new rules would not corrode national labour and tax laws.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

People travelling on one of the UK's busiest rail lines face weeks of disruption as engineers replace overhead power lines that corrode quicker than any other part of the network.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026

His golden skin began to corrode, breaking into chunks.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

And he bemoaned a rise in public anger "that distorts and corrodes our public discourse".

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Digital technology isn’t merely accelerating some inevitable tide but is a force unto itself—one that makes solitary leisure more appealing, corrodes the incentives for sociality and, as a downstream consequence, reduces marriage and fertility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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

The same salt that pollutes estuaries for wildlife also corrodes pipes for drinking water in Flint, Michigan, he points out.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023

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

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The hope and the change, the transcendent conviction that the systemic levers of government are not corroded beyond repair, the optimist I used to be—it all came rushing back.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 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

The units, situated 5 to 9 miles from Santa Barbara County’s coastline, were shut-in after a corroded pipeline released nearly 3,000 barrels of oil in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

It was wet, corroded, and a little slimy.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

"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

The confession results in confusion and anger erupting like molten lava from all sides, instantly corroding Emma’s bond with Charlie and her relationships with their friends.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

It has been corroding not just in the US but across the western world for decades now.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

The goal isn’t to erase conflict but to keep it from corroding the bond.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025

Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was lost— good manners, ease and beauty?

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck