erode
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In Southern California, cliffs could erode more than 130 feet by the end of the century, and the consequences of erosion have already proved to be severe on major roads, railways and other critical infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The volcano could build a tuff cone with a long lived vent crater, or the new land could quickly collapse and erode away.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Coasts are designed to move - waves, tides, currents and wind are always shifting sand around, while dunes grow and erode naturally over time.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Deforestation continues to erode their proposed new habitat, driven particularly by dam projects -- and local residents say they have not been consulted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Did the mountain erode in all the rain?
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Credibility erodes when central banks announce goals without a strategy to achieve them.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Every time City Hall fails to do that— potholes that don’t get fixed, streetlights that stay dark, 911 calls that go unanswered — it erodes people’s faith that government can solve problems at all.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
The bear case is that the opportunity is real but spending so much will destroy value as competition erodes margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Whether this shift restores trust in polling or further erodes it will depend less on the technology itself than on how it is used, explained and regulated.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
But the liquid from within bounced on the still water like a violent rainstorm that erodes the land.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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The surge in sales pushed up prices and eroded affordability.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Damaged peatland is also "much more prone to erosion" leading to "peat cliffs" where "all the peat around it has been slowly eroded away by wind and rain right down to bedrock".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The siege of Gaza "directly undermined reproductive and newborn health", while the collapse of public health programmes "eroded the conditions necessary for a healthy next generation".
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
When Lacaze took the position in 2014, the company had one big thing going for it: its mine, Mount Weld, an eroded ancient volcano in Western Australia with an anomalously high concentration of rare earths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
He described it as an eroded, hard mass about the size of a nickel.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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While that may have been good policy in the past since those workers often had an easier time working longer, that gap may be eroding.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Tebas said that the Balogun decision was the "tip of the iceberg" following a series of events which had been "eroding the credibility of Fifa and football in general for many years".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
"In our lower-risk children, what seems to be happening is that experiences of depression are eroding a protective factor, which is how much they pay attention to happy faces," Gibb said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
In recent weeks the U.S. position has been eroding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Now there were always at least two men on watch as the stubborn ice began eroding.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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