corrode
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The EU executive, however, has repeatedly insisted the new rules would not corrode national labour and tax laws.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 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
Committee chair Matt Western warned mishandling similar future cases will "corrode public trust".
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
Be a lot of work to clean ’em up and rezinc them, too, so they don’t corrode.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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Like addiction or phobia, it narrows lives and corrodes resilience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
“When an officer violates someone’s civil rights, it corrodes trust in law enforcement and undermines the effectiveness of other officers who sacrifice to protect the public,” U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
Whether all this corrodes public trust in politicians and what they say - well that’s a question for another day.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2024
The same salt that pollutes estuaries for wildlife also corrodes pipes for drinking water in Flint, Michigan, he points out.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023
The salt in seawater also corrodes metal and destroys electrical connectors.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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SNP strategists believe the controversy corroded trust in the party and cost them a significant amount of support.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
He is right that forward guidance has corroded the central bank’s discipline rather than sharpened it.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 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
The fountain “contains deteriorated concrete, corroded structural steel and hazardous materials and its mechanical and electrical systems are beyond repair,” Goodwin said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
A single ray of sunlight pierces the clouds like a spotlight to follow her, and her corroded, oxidized shell peels away, revealing shining copper from head to toe.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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"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
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
“I believe they have been corroding our civil discourse, they’ve been ‘attention fracking’ our children and treating our youth like products, not people.”
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2025
Much of the corroding metal throughout the structure needs to be replaced, but “the masonry’s in good condition,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
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
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