damaging

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It’s cheaper, faster and far less damaging than when great ideas end up on your rival’s desk.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

He said the legislation was "unworkable and damaging", adding pubs in particular would be "really disadvantaged", as the buffer rule means they cannot set up a temporary campsite within 100 metres of their venue.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Flinders University Emeritus Professor John Long, who participated in earlier research that first described Koharalepis in 1992, says modern imaging technology made it possible to study internal structures without damaging the fossil.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Human Rights Watch called the court order "the latest deeply damaging blow to the rule of law, democracy and human rights" in Turkey.

From Barron's • May 24, 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