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Gold is prized in electronic circuits because it conducts electricity well and does not corrode.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Higher ethanol blends can also corrode gasoline pumps, storage tanks and other infrastructure unless retailers and distributors make upgrades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

Starring a stacked Guatemalan cast, including actor Tony Revolori, the project underlined the encroaching impacts of climate change that corrode once treasured memories, including those of Moreno, who grew up visiting the vacation destination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

However, he notes that there are still challenges in ensuring that electrolysis systems like this don't corrode too quickly over time.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025

His golden skin began to corrode, breaking into chunks.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Digital technology isn’t merely accelerating some inevitable tide but is a force unto itself—one that makes solitary leisure more appealing, corrodes the incentives for sociality and, as a downstream consequence, reduces marriage and fertility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

It must become a philosophy that corrodes collective faith, collective beliefs, and becomes excessively individualistic.

From Slate ● May 16, 2026

The criticism forced Attorney General Eric Holder to apologize and led to new Justice Department policies sharply limiting investigations of journalists, recognizing that targeting reporters to identify sources corrodes the First Amendment itself.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

“When an officer turns routine traffic stops into opportunities for theft, for their own benefit, it corrodes public trust and endangers the integrity of our justice system.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

The salt in seawater also corrodes metal and destroys electrical connectors.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

CSB reports cited a range of avoidable failures, from corroded pipes to the lack of safety equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

He is right that forward guidance has corroded the central bank’s discipline rather than sharpened it.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

That incident prompted Japanese authorities to step up efforts to replace corroded pipes across the country.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

However, the researchers did not look into what happened when the glass was deliberately smashed -- or corroded by chemicals.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

She is more than a part of the ship; she has her own legs, but they’re badly corroded from being so long in this dank place.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

"I cannot describe it. I mean, it looks ugly, really ugly," the 69-year-old said, peering through its corroding gates.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Filming in a constricting boxy aspect ratio, the Ukrainian director takes us inside a corroding prison filled with men unjustly incarcerated as enemies of the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

In columns and on TV, he warns that Hegseth’s cavalier attitude toward the rule of law and civilian protections is corroding military professionalism.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

Mr. McDougall notes that Mary Shelley “had seen it all coming” decades before Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche warned that Europe was corroding itself from within.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë