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Laboratory tests showed that enzymes from very distantly related animals, including a sponge, an earthworm and a springtail, could also degrade microbial PHAs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

He then added he would not attend the count as Essex Police had told him about an "organised campaign to disrupt and degrade the result".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The four former commissioners have signed a joint letter arguing that the gondola proposal “would enable a private development to permanently and irreparably shrink, degrade, and destroy the integrity of a state park.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Google hit out at Brussels, saying the EU forced the company to degrade products in the bloc.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

I said, determined to see if he would not offer me the use of the dilapidated outhouse, which certainly no human could degrade any more than time and the elements had.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

They said these often contained heavy metal salts or nitrosamines that can leach into the environment once the balloon degrades.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“My biggest fear is that it further degrades mainstream confidence in medicine, and actually leads to a kind of Wild West for patients,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

If it degrades rapidly, that means insects are attracted to the plentiful organic matter.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

Diet activates autophagy -- a cellular "clean-up" process that degrades and recycles damaged proteins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025

More perilous than atheism, because more alluring, it defies passion, and in the name of inspiration degrades man to the brute.

From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Samuel Osgood

The fodder situation is "highly degraded" in almost all regions, the ministry said earlier this month.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

The section of West Cliff Drive near where the accident took place was heavily damaged by high waves during the winter of 2023-24 and has been further degraded by ongoing coastal erosion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Detecting it in fossil bone therefore provides an additional chemical clue that degraded collagen is present.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

Power lines have degraded, causing the loss of about 16% of the grid’s electricity, according to research by Torres.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The two children were on the sofa, their sobs having degraded into tearful whimpers.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Power failures are the most acute risk, but a more insidious problem is if equipment keeps degrading more quickly than expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“The experience was traumatizing, degrading and humiliating,” André said when the lawsuit was filed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

A ride on a people mover feels even more degrading in comparison to the alternative mode serving other travelers.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Critics of the sentence have described it as "inhumane and degrading".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

They said it in such a degrading way; they never said “please” or asked if we minded.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose