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erosion

[ih-roh-zhuhn] / Ιͺˈroʊ Κ’Ι™n /


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The plans cleared the board, and the club also got approval from the Somerset-Union Soil Conservation District for erosion control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

"This long-lived tectonic landscape provides a missing piece in understanding why erosion associated with the Great Unconformity varies so dramatically across the southwestern US," said Prof Gernon.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

The case has been widely criticised for exemplifying the erosion of freedom of expression in the city.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

“We’re aware of the sand erosion and the different relics getting exposed down there,” said Newport Beach Lifeguard Battalion Chief Adam Yacenda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

“Some sort of natural event—I don’t know, erosion or rust or something.”

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

The ongoing Ebola crisis is escalating quickly, already ranked the third largest outbreak in history — and experts say erosions of U.S. health policy have fueled the crisis.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

California’s snowmelt is leading to flooding and erosions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

Despite its brutal aftermath, and subsequent erosions at the margins, Worcester’s hard-won holding — that Native nations remain independent of the states — has remained good law, until now.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022

Bangladesh is at the epicentre of the global climate crisis - 80% of the country is floodplain, and it is affected by floods, storms, riverbank erosions, cyclones and droughts.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2021

They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway




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