contaminates

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Water shortages are not new, but many countries, especially in the global south, are experiencing climate change-related intense drought and flooding that contaminates water sources.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

The concern by scientists interviewed by the AP is that industrial-scale water pumping both contaminates fresh water with brine they pump and effectively dries up the surrounding environment.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

The other thing is that stress contaminates memory, so you can have two people in the same room telling completely opposite stories.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024

Cobalt extraction creates hazardous working conditions and generates toxic waste that contaminates land, air, and water surrounding the mines.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

He was the great negative of God to the very law of evil that you have—evil contaminates good.

From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Kleiser, Grenville