erode
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Western carmakers have been seeking partnerships with their Chinese counterparts as a way to tap Chinese technology, as tech-heavy Chinese-made cars increasingly erode market share for Western carmakers both in China and Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In his first public comments on the transaction, Ellison rejected claims that a combined media giant would exert excessive control over the market or erode newsroom independence.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
As permafrost thaws and coastlines erode, some of that carbon is carried into the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
"These AI-generated fakes, growing more common, may also erode public trust in satellite imagery, and make the jobs of journalists and researchers more difficult."
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
And with all the cold-weather rowing interspersed with days when they couldn’t row at all, the boys’ morale began to erode.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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"Improved public services and better learning outcomes in schools will reinforce trust -- but if AI embeds bias in government decisions or erodes data privacy, that trust will be difficult to recover," said the statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Credibility erodes when central banks announce goals without a strategy to achieve them.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
They tell clients that consumer pressures remain centered on cost-of-living and inflation pressures, which erodes their confidence in implant demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
But such heavy commercial appeal erodes all that singularity, leaving queer people to fend for themselves in defining and celebrating their identities, apart from the pinkwashing.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
As the icebergs drift, the seawater erodes them from below, until the berg abruptly topples over and continues its journey upside down.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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The public's "confidence that planning rules apply equally to everyone" had been "significantly eroded", it claimed.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
But offshore internet betting, and the exception enjoyed by fantasy leagues, eroded the principles of sports impresarios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The social contract forged by the Revolution, he said, "has eroded" in recent years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Freshly eroded fragments make the coastal ocean cloudy, while dissolved organic carbon can darken the water.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
It eroded the rocky crest the way a river cuts through a mountain range.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Distributing financial responsibility unevenly across states risks eroding that commitment, replacing it with a system that depends more heavily on where one lives.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Swells are eroding beaches, damaging parking lots and bathrooms, and even resurfacing long-buried coastal infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
I was not surprised by recent news that online classes have become swamped by artificial intelligence cheating, eroding academic integrity.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Now they fear China is eroding that spirit in Hong Kong too.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
With the advance of the spring, their floe was eroding at the edges.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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