erosion
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Over time, erosion removed some of the softer surrounding material, leaving the harder carbonate-filled fractures standing out as ridges.
From Science Daily β Sep. 30, 2026
In August, sand erosion exposed a pair of jetties that were built decades ago to stop beach erosion and protect oceanfront homes near the entrance of Newport Harbor.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 29, 2026
Seagrass habitats store carbon, support biodiversity and help protect coastlines from erosion, but are declining globally due to pollution, development, disturbance and climate change.
From BBC β Sep. 26, 2026
And these numbers don’t include any further erosion to their purchasing power that’s happened this month.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 23, 2026
The dark orange sandstone formation held springs like this one, all along the base of the sandstone where wind and erosion had cut narrow canyons into the rock.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
The ongoing Ebola crisis is escalating quickly, already ranked the third largest outbreak in history — and experts say erosions of U.S. health policy have fueled the crisis.
From Salon β May 30, 2026
In these nations, the patterns were similar – erosions in freedom of speech, open elections, the rule of law, judicial independence, civil society and academic freedom.
From BBC β Sep. 27, 2025
California’s snowmelt is leading to flooding and erosions.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 19, 2023
Gradual erosions of privacy have wiped out quaint old notions about “private lives.”
From Washington Post β Apr. 9, 2020
They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary lists containing erosion
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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