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The Moneyist says that, while the relationship sounds transactional, even the best friendships can erode.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

He added: “I’d like to see the entire beach erode all the way to our property before the road went across it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

This is particularly important because acids produced by oral bacteria can gradually erode tooth enamel, increasing the risk of cavities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

And all of this could threaten to erode - if not explode - the rock on which scientific research rests: trust.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Moisture damage caused the tiles on the ceiling to erode or fall off.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

In a statement Saturday, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said that, “failing to hold yesterday’s meeting is unacceptable and erodes public trust.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

She wrote a series of articles about the problem of loneliness among older people, which she described as "a creeping enemy which erodes confidence."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In concentrated markets, companies have every incentive to avoid competing aggressively because competition erodes margins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

The snow erodes, leaving the potholes in the roads near our house filled with muddy water.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Workers say rising food, housing, transport and healthcare costs have eroded their purchasing power in a country where inflation is running at around eight percent.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

A patch of the flowers was carefully dug up at a site on the coast where it has been eroded away by the sea over the last few years.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

While this funding stream has been eroded by inflation and failed to keep pace with population growth, state-level investments have been expanding to fill the gap.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

The crypto crash also eroded the value of miners’ bitcoin reserves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Even the wilderness is carefully husbanded there, and though that forest had been logged for centuries there were no waste places in it, no desolations of stumps, no eroded slopes.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Humboldt County officials have long debated what to do about Centerville Road, a narrow, twisting byway that leads to an eroding rural beach and a handful of homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

There are signs that that lead is eroding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Nomadic life is on the decline, and material gains in the larger cities—with better education and healthcare—are eroding interest in traditional ways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The proposals triggered an outcry across many parts of the criminal justice world, with many opponents saying that eroding the 800-year-old right to trial by jury would not solve the backlogs.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Now there were always at least two men on watch as the stubborn ice began eroding.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong