damage

Example Sentences

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It is thought low levels of oxygen in the body during intense exercise damage motor neurone cells, triggering the disease in those who are susceptible either though genetics or environmental factors.

From BBC

In a post on its website, a spokesperson wrote that a concourse was damaged and four employees injured in an unspecified “incident.”

From Los Angeles Times

There were no casualties, but machinery was damaged.

From The Wall Street Journal

An oil tanker was damaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, according to Reuters, as was one off the coast of Oman.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of the damage to civilian infrastructure in the Gulf states is accidental - resulting from debris falling from intercepted missiles.

From BBC