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Although Carney is hugely popular for now, his domestic standing could erode as Canadians absorb the full consequences of a realignment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

The traditional path for young people to succeed began to erode long ago.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

A rapid strengthening of the yuan would erode China’s international competitiveness, slowing exports and economic growth, said economists at Goldman Sachs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

He blamed Ron and Hermione: Their determined indifference was as bad as the relentless rain for dampening his spirits, but neither could erode his certainty, which remained absolute.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

Over time, this gradually erodes the purchasing power of a dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

The wildflowers can’t push up, and when they don’t grow, the soil erodes and is carried into the streams by the rain.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

"Halo was once to Xbox what Mario is to Nintendo," said Corden, "but years of mismanagement have eroded that".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

If those safeguards are gradually eroded, he says, “the issue is no longer only whether the AfD is ‘bad for Jews.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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

At the Old Bailey last year, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said Gill had abused his position and had eroded "public confidence in democracy".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

We head off along dirt paths etched into the sides of the hills beside the Péligre reservoir, and soon I’m scrambling up the eroded face of a cliff.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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 rial has plunged to record lows, reaching around 2.2 million to the US dollar in recent days, while year-on-year inflation hit 89 percent for the Iranian month ending August 22, sharply eroding purchasing power.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Here’s one way to think about how fast electric vehicles are eroding China’s oil demand: Imagine France just stopped using the stuff entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

He should know about eroding the foundations of commonality.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 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