damage
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We know how damaging it is, and we know what group is doing the damage.
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 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
It had some scrapes and scratches, but no major damage.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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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
The total damages in 2025 from disasters costing at least $1 billion, nearly four times the annual average in the 1990s, according to a Ceres study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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
The $108 million in compensation accounts for both material and moral damages.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
The Court has ruled that a city police department cannot be sued for damages unless a specific city policy or custom can be identified authorizing the illegal practice.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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
Producing more proteins is not always beneficial if damaged proteins are allowed to accumulate.
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
For a wound like his, which hadn’t damaged any organs or blood vessels, the risk of infection in the hospital’s crowded poor ward was more dangerous than remaining in bedrest at home.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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
Meanwhile, damaging revelations about Paxton continue to emerge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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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