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damage

[dam-ij] / ˈdæm ɪdʒ /




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Several of the students said their friends had stopped reading books, and they believed it would eventually damage society as a whole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Earlier this year, four of the group's activists were jailed after causing £1.2m of damage at a UK site of an Israel-based defence firm.

From BBC ● 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

Four men — including a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employee — were responsible for more than $170,000 in damage to downtown buildings during a yearlong graffiti spree, prosecutors alleged Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“He was just trying to temporarily increase the damage, so he could get closer to you,” Angela said.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The suit, which seeks unspecified damages, was filed in September 2025, but the federal monitors recently released their report containing key details about the incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Secondary lactose intolerance is when people develop lactose intolerance as a result of a condition such as Celiac disease, which damages the lining of the small intestine and reduces lactase production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The discovery comes from a University of Florida study investigating bacterial blotch, a persistent disease that damages white button mushrooms and causes significant financial losses for growers.

From Science Daily ● 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

With that, he became the first person to legally stake a claim to his own tissue and sue for profits and damages.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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

Instead of efficiently replacing damaged components and preserving healthy tissue, aging muscle cells become increasingly burdened by proteins that should have been cleared away.

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

American bombers damaged his shop and home in early 1945.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

There was a tall extension ladder in the barn, so they could reach all the damaged places.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

We know how damaging it is, and we know what group is doing the damage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

That greatly concerns Obura, who recalled the damaging impact of a previous super El Nino episode in 1997/98.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Once researchers understood the role of GFAP, their next challenge was finding a way to reduce its production and prevent damaging levels of the protein from accumulating in brain cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

A major river in Nepal has flooded, sweeping away houses, bridges and damaging a part of hydropower station, authorities have said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

I had deliberately not said anything damaging about Margaret because I thought her own attitude would damage her more in her son’s eyes than anything I could say.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler


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