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He added: “I’d like to see the entire beach erode all the way to our property before the road went across it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

This is particularly important because acids produced by oral bacteria can gradually erode tooth enamel, increasing the risk of cavities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Moneyist says that, while the relationship sounds transactional, even the best friendships can erode.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

And all of this could threaten to erode - if not explode - the rock on which scientific research rests: trust.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

In doing so he had gradually begun to erode the racial attitudes of many—though far from all— white Americans.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

As a team, we believed that inspiration erodes apathy and yields empathy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

She wrote a series of articles about the problem of loneliness among older people, which she described as "a creeping enemy which erodes confidence."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

A status quo that steadily erodes is not stability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

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 crypto crash also eroded the value of miners’ bitcoin reserves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

But this "social contract" has clearly eroded, says Roos.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Once additional material stopped accumulating on the mountain, powerful winds may have gradually eroded portions of the existing rock, carving out the distinctive yardangs visible today.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Swiss cement maker Holcim is being sued by residents of an Indonesian island being eroded by rising sea levels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

First one hole, then another, no bigger than a finger’s width, until the water eroded the sides and the outlets grew large enough for two fists to go through.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

“Our beaches are eroding and our wildfire risk is very high, especially during Santa Ana wind conditions. These are scary times and they require us to respond.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Soaring freight costs are eroding refinery profitability in Europe and Asia, despite elevated diesel crack spreads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Muddling along would come at an economic cost, with the rising cost of repaying debt eroding the government’s room for more productive investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The proposals triggered an outcry across many parts of the criminal justice world, with many opponents saying that eroding the 800-year-old right to trial by jury would not solve the backlogs.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

At home, public support for the war was slowly eroding, and Johnson’s fear that American troop morale would slip as the war dragged on was proving painfully correct.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge