corrosion
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The confinement structure is temporarily patched, and Ukraine seeks $580 million for repairs to prevent irreversible corrosion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The main long-term risks are corrosion of the copper canisters or earthquakes during future ice ages, which could potentially damage the capsules and cause radioactive fuel to leak, Kyllonen said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
The first electric powered train passed through in June 2020 but the tunnel's overhead power system has since suffered corrosion and electrical wear, meaning more frequent maintenance.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Seawater is an especially tempting feedstock because it is abundant, but it brings a serious materials problem: salt, chloride ions, side reactions, and corrosion can quickly damage electrolyzer components.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
Then they pounded the hot metal with mallets, making the corrosion flake off the outside.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Genre-bending authors are often well-suited to making sense of the daily horrors and subtle corrosions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Now, for all the corrosions of inflation, food prices and property taxes, money seems a bit looser.
From Time Magazine Archive
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All religions have changed and suffered secular corrosions, despite signs of revival in recent years.
From Time Magazine Archive
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More graceful in its architecture than the arena, the theater yielded more readily to the vandalisms of the conquerors and the corrosions of time.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow
A prey incessantly to such corrosions, might not, moreover, as the worst aggravation to them, the iron constitution even of a Teufelsdröckh threaten to fail?
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing corrosion
Song for a Whale
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Unit 3, Academic Vocabulary
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 2
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