damaging

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“This is one of the very damaging earthquakes, because you combined a very large event with residences of a lot of people,” seismologist Lucy Jones, a Caltech research associate, said at a briefing Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Targeting people who are contributing to their local communities and local economies, then removing them, is damaging to the economy, Sojourner said Thursday.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Equally damaging at home: the relentless channeling of resources toward industrial investment has left Chinese households too weak a driver of consumption to absorb the country’s output.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The mayor told the meeting, part of London Climate Action Week, about the damaging health impacts of air pollution.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

It was damaging, and the universe was suffering because of it, and she must talk to Will and Lyra and find a way to stop it.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman