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In a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, researchers found that a wide range of animals, including marine worms, starfish, earthworms, and other terrestrial species, possess enzymes that can degrade microbial PHAs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Farage did not attend the results, saying Essex Police had warned him that an "organised campaign to disrupt and degrade the result" was planned.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The four former commissioners have signed a joint letter arguing that the gondola proposal “would enable a private development to permanently and irreparably shrink, degrade, and destroy the integrity of a state park.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

The US military said at the time that its strikes were aimed to "degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz" - a global route for transporting oil.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“A more conservative association was wanted. And now if we divide and Mrs. Stanton shall be deposed from the presidency you virtually degrade her.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

They said these often contained heavy metal salts or nitrosamines that can leach into the environment once the balloon degrades.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“My biggest fear is that it further degrades mainstream confidence in medicine, and actually leads to a kind of Wild West for patients,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

If it degrades rapidly, that means insects are attracted to the plentiful organic matter.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

However, they are not without limitations: they are sensitive to external disturbances -- such as strong magnetic fields near a hard drive -- and their performance typically degrades over time.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2025

It is useless to add that they should seek their success in what elevates the soul, and not in what corrupts and degrades it.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Paul Janet

Power lines have degraded, causing the loss of about 16% of the grid’s electricity, according to research by Torres.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Save the Redwoods League last month conveyed the 125-acre property to the Yurok Tribe following a years-long project to restore the degraded industrial site to a diverse riparian habitat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The plasma treatment almost completely degraded both long-chain and short-chain PFAS.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

She said the long-term fall in butterfly populations, dating back to the 1970s, had been driven by their habitats being destroyed or degraded.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

She squinted at the degraded word on the paper.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

A ride on a people mover feels even more degrading in comparison to the alternative mode serving other travelers.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

She called the behavior “clearly unlawful, dangerous, and degrading of our collective quality of life in New York City.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Known as living plastics, these materials contain dormant microbes capable of degrading the surrounding polymer.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

Rigid operational dictates cause infrastructure investment to plummet, ultimately degrading track quality and severely hurting long-term economic productivity.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

Kraft was a skinny, harmless kid from Pennsylvania who wanted only to be liked, and was destined to be disappointed in even so humble and degrading an ambition.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller