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damage

[dam-ij] / ˈdæm ɪdʒ /




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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

It exploded, setting off the fire alarm and causing damage to the front door and the hallway.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

DEAF1 also influences muscle stem cells, which are specialized cells that help repair and regenerate muscle tissue after injury or 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

The damage caused by the Viking berserker rivaled any Turkoman raiding party.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Lakeeta Vaccaro Hill was denied punitive damages by the six-person jury that deliberated for less than four hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

In one case, a company was ordered to pay a former quality-control supervisor about $38,000 in damages after it replaced him with AI, according to the court ruling and his lawyer.

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

The $108 million in compensation accounts for both material and moral 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

In an update on Friday evening, Division 3 Fire Chief Mark Backoff said that six homes had either been damaged or destroyed by the Norte Fire, and one firefighter had been injured from heat exhaustion.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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

When mTORC1 becomes excessively active, muscle cells may devote too much attention to producing proteins while failing to clear away damaged ones.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Plants are ruthless in shedding those that are damaged or diseased or that they can no longer maintain, for instance during dry weather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

As they toured villages, Vann pointed out buildings damaged in recent Viet Cong attacks.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

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

Two of the strongest El Niños in the last 75 years were associated with extensive damage to the Southern California coast, battering homes, flooding streets and damaging piers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Consider the farmer who sprays his fields with insecticide to kill the bugs that are damaging his crops.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall


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