damage
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Finally, it was time for the first banishment of the series, with Grant still in damage control mode.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But suits for trespass to chattels generally require some proof of damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Coroners are in the business of endings, putting a neat period on decades of damage with phrases like “cardiac arrest.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
It also can waste police resources and damage reputations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Like Phineas, these patients with frontal lobe damage have trouble making decisions.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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It does not seek damages from the singer herself or her co-writers Bastian Langebæk and Max Wolfgang.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
One names the United States and seeks damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging wrongful death, negligence and other misconduct.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Alzheimer's disease gradually damages memory, thinking, and behavior and affects more than 7 million older adults in the United States.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Keeping its operating company outside chapter 11 also helped Brightline avoid potential damages from these lawsuits, which could stack above creditor claims under the bankruptcy code governing railroad insolvencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The German people also had to pay an enormous sum of money, called reparations, for war damages.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Proposition TE would grant a one-time exemption to that tax, offered only to homeowners in Pacific Palisades selling properties that were damaged or destroyed by the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The national disaster management authority says more than 1,900 families have been affected since late last week with more than 240 homes damaged.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“They know that they’re not going to get through this unscathed, but they feel the person who could do the best job of making sure that they’re damaged the least is Mark Carney.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Sampson said about 80% of UK peatlands had been lost or damaged, meaning rare species that depend on specific habitats can "struggle to survive".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Bertillon emerged from the whole affair with a gravely damaged reputation.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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The blaze at the Nelson Mandela high school, in the city centre, then spread to the front of the building, damaging the entrance hall.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Etihad Airways, City's main sponsor since 2009, announced that it is considering legal action against the Premier League, accusing it of damaging its reputation without being allowed to respond.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The measure also calls for the new state fund to establish regulations that would allow it to recoup part of its investments while not damaging innovation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Reclaim human intimacy: As A.I. makes inroads into all aspects of society, are chatbots damaging our capacity to maintain relationships with real people?
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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