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In the 1960s and into the 1970s, he wanted immigration officials to keep out undocumented workers, believing they’d be exploited as strikebreakers for growers and erode his union’s bargaining power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Many job hunts can erode a person’s patience.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

Nearly all are requiring ethics courses along the way — as educators continue to grapple with cheating and with fears that heavy AI use will erode critical thinking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

He added: "Our work suggests that tectonic uplift related to continental rifting and breakup created both steep slopes and high ground, providing the mountainous terrain that rivers and glaciers could readily erode."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

However, in his time the brief tradition of tolerance for unconventional views began to erode and then to shatter.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

One is mechanical stress, in which repeated contact with water droplets creates friction that slowly erodes a coating or causes pieces of it to peel away.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

"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

With many years of military experience, I know what happens when you ration a scarce, aging fleet against rising demand: readiness erodes, and someone downstream absorbs the risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Credibility erodes when central banks announce goals without a strategy to achieve them.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 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

The ubiquity of phones has not only eroded our manners, but also lessened the joys of bar and dining culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

"Storm surf generated by Hurricane Marie and runoff from a storm drain outfall eroded a large portion of the festival site," said a statement from the city of Santa Monica.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Crews then removed some of the failed pavement and moved sand to backfill and secure some of the eroded edges,” the Instagram post read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

For example, Iran’s Shahed attack drone, which features Chinese components, has threatened U.S. allies and eroded America’s military advantage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The dust, over the years, had eroded him; it had left his features gray, his thoughts gray; it had shrunk him and made his legs spindly and his gait unsteady.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

The practice was banned in 2020, but the bare faces that cutting left behind are still collapsing and eroding today, washing sediment down into reservoirs.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The group of 18 shipping countries said attacks on ships signal a structural shift that is eroding the freedom of navigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

In an era when short TikTok and YouTube videos are being blamed for eroding attention spans and fueling a reading crisis, social media, it transpires, is creating new audiences for the classics.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

He should know about eroding the foundations of commonality.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 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