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It can also erode the sender’s tolerance for uncertainty, she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Inflation and rate hikes both tend to erode the value of fixed-income assets, and weigh on prices of other financial assets like stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026

He demanded that Meta demonstrate that hiding phone numbers would not "erode digital traceability" and provide "specific safeguards" against financial fraud.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

In Southern California, cliffs could erode more than 130 feet by the end of the century, and the consequences of erosion have already proved to be severe on major roads, railways and other critical infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The buildings looked substantial, unlikely ever to erode.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

With many years of military experience, I know what happens when you ration a scarce, aging fleet against rising demand: readiness erodes, and someone downstream absorbs the risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The county said it all “further erodes confidence” in the district’s budgeting abilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

That erodes the purchasing power of the yen and feeds into the inflation problem that the Bank of Japan only recently started raising interest rates to fight.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 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

After months of war eroded the market’s inventory buffers, crude prices have risen sharply to reflect the risk of further losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

She recalls other witches from folk tales like Baba Yaga, frightening characters but also, she says, “women possessing an innocence that had been eroded over the years by the harshness of life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli re-established the comfortable championship lead that had been eroded in the past three races with victory in the Belgian Grand Prix while team-mate George Russell crashed out.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The surge in sales pushed up prices and eroded affordability.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Some of the older ones canted crazily, like crooked teeth, the names and dates eroded from decades of sun, wind, and snow.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

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

By 2025, with the huge reserves eroding, the county required a first fiscal stabilization plan, which included significant layoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Tebas said that the Balogun decision was the "tip of the iceberg" following a series of events which had been "eroding the credibility of Fifa and football in general for many years".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Still, he too worries about inflation and eroding living standards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

I think I hear him suck in air, but it’s hard to know because of the waves, loud and relentless, crashing into the rocks, eroding the continent.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson