erode
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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
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
"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
One reason is that rising prices continue to erode wage gains and purchasing power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The days continued to wear on, and their floe continued to erode.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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
The county said it all “further erodes confidence” in the district’s budgeting abilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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
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
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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
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
“The gap tends to widen quietly over time, and most retirees don’t notice it until it’s already eroded their budget.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Most of the stelae at Kaan were made from soft stone that has eroded too much to be readable.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Now they fear China is eroding that spirit in Hong Kong too.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Columnist Nicole Nguyen discusses how that’s eroding our sense of reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
This misperception carries profound consequences and is currently rippling through our world, eroding trust, deepening isolation and creating a social environment in which empathy is swiftly becoming an atrophied muscle in desperate need of exercise.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
At the time, Wall Street was doubtful that Verizon would be able to pull off the transformation without eroding its financials or offsetting the industry balance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 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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