damage
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Economic damage from high energy prices and rising borrowing costs is mounting globally, splitting the world into a new set of winners and losers as countries with limited exposure to the artificial-intelligence boom fall behind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
It exploded, setting off the fire alarm and causing damage to the front door and the hallway.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
In effect, exercise helps muscles perform an important internal cleanup, making it easier for them to maintain healthy tissue and recover from damage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
In addition, 71 percent of claims were compensated either partially or in full, with that figure rising to 93 percent for homes where the damage exceeded 150,000 euros.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
This is one of the reasons hurricanes cause so much damage when they hit land.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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Disasters costing at least $1 billion totaled more than $115 billion of damages in 2025, nearly four times the annual average in the 1990s, according to a Ceres study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The FDA has approved the first drug designed to directly treat Alexander disease, an extremely rare neurological disorder that progressively damages the nervous system and can be fatal.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Producer Simon Afram has sued Netflix seeking economic damages of more than $100 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Torrential rains sparked historic flooding in southern Brazil in April and May of that year, leaving nearly 200 people dead, 500,000 more displaced and massive damages.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Law enforcement officers generally have no personal resources to pay damages to victims of misconduct, so the city, county, or agency that employs them is typically the target of any civil action that seeks compensation.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Stupnikov emerged from a street flanked by damaged buildings and took his first steps into no-man’s-land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
They are also challenging to modify genetically and can be damaged during freezing and storage, complicating the production and distribution of cell therapies.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Some protested specific projects, notably the World Bank-backed Pak Mun dam, a hydropower project completed in 1994 that fishing communities say damaged their livelihoods.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
That typically happens overnight, but bags can also be restocked between flights if the crew requests it or if a bag is found to be full of trash or damaged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Why? If it’s damaged, it’s damaged. What am I gonna do about it? I got things to do,” said Paulie.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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The warming phase of a natural climate cycle, El Nino events temporarily elevate global temperatures, altering cloud and wind patterns, and raise the risk of damaging weather.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Meanwhile, damaging revelations about Paxton continue to emerge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Cadmium will stay in the human body for a long time, damaging my health continuously for the rest of my life,” Yuan told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Bacterial blotch causes brown or yellow discoloration on mushroom surfaces, damaging their appearance and reducing their commercial value.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Already in there you can see the consciousness of how damaging he regards the appearance of bad faith, and how penetrat- ingly the orator is exposed to his audience.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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