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Throughout human history, evil people and tyrannical states have used the latest technology to cause massive harm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
For years, Yuan has avoided public attention, but said she recently decided to break her silence as she feared Xu could get a job at another company and go on to harm others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
HSE inspector Robert Gidman told the court the "tragic incident" could have been prevented if the company had "adequate arrangements to protect its workers from harm".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Ocha said in a statement that the area reportedly struck on Friday had been "under sustained atttack in recent weeks, displacing thousands of civilians and exposing many more to grave harm".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“All right, good to hear. No harm in being optimistic, I suppose!”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Outside one case in California this summer, protesters highlighted the names of young people they say died as a result of social media harms.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Those figures have influenced international discussions about both the benefits and possible harms of population-based breast cancer screening.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
They could lead to limits on what agents can do and, if agent-caused harms become widespread, drain the pocketbooks of top AI labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
It means holding developers accountable for preventable harms while preserving their ability to innovate.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
“How come this one walks in daylight? I thought they could only walk at night? There’s one that kept stealing some seeds from my nali’s cornfield. I think sunlight harms it.”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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A government minister said on condition of anonymity that Prime Minister Shaya al-Zindani had been present at the time, but "was not harmed in any way".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
"Europe's own interests -- its interests regarding production, investment, employment, and exports -- should not be harmed. Turkey's interests should not be harmed either," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
But anti-poverty charity Trussell warned that people on Universal Credit could not afford basic essentials, which harmed their ability to find and keep work.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
He left it behind to found the first U.S. law firm devoted exclusively to representing people who claimed they were harmed by gender-transition treatments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
If they couldn’t see any sign that it had been harmed in the past, then that should mean it was safe in 1980.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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A major new lawsuit argues the state is taking far too much water out of the Delta, harming native fish and the ecosystem, causing toxic algae blooms, and threatening local farms and communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
This year has seen several lawsuits looking to hold companies like Meta, TikTok and others responsible for harming the mental health of children end in unprecedented losses for the firms.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
L. slashi does not produce venom capable of seriously harming a human.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
This year more than a half-million acres have burned there, forcing school closures and harming air quality as far away as Singapore and the Philippines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
First, a group of researchers used HeLa to develop methods for freezing cells without harming or changing them.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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