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Women's Aid chief executive Farah Nazeer meanwhile said the scheme could further erode "incredibly low" trust in the criminal justice system, meaning "even greater numbers of women and children may be left without protection".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Preferential treatment for Ottawa would erode the willingness of those countries to accept the obligations that come with access to the single market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Many job hunts can erode a person’s patience.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

Other items seek to help California defend itself from federal efforts to erode the state’s environmental authority.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

In doing so he had gradually begun to erode the racial attitudes of many—though far from all— white Americans.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

She wrote a series of articles about the problem of loneliness among older people, which she described as "a creeping enemy which erodes confidence."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“As tides change and sand erodes over time, it is common for military ordnance to reveal itself at this location,” the post stated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

A status quo that steadily erodes is not stability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

One is mechanical stress, in which repeated contact with water droplets creates friction that slowly erodes a coating or causes pieces of it to peel away.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

The snow erodes, leaving the potholes in the roads near our house filled with muddy water.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Already this year, multiple counties and towns have declared local emergencies as a spell of powerful tropical storms from the Pacific generated high surf that eroded local beaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The ubiquity of phones has not only eroded our manners, but also lessened the joys of bar and dining culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

"Storm surf generated by Hurricane Marie and runoff from a storm drain outfall eroded a large portion of the festival site," said a statement from the city of Santa Monica.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

At the Old Bailey last year, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said Gill had abused his position and had eroded "public confidence in democracy".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

No matter what its original condition, the intense rain and heat of the forest have eroded its surface, washed out all its minerals, and decomposed vital organic compounds.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Throughout the run of the show, performers will slowly chip away at the block, symbolically eroding what is left of the original communities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The practice was banned in 2020, but the bare faces that cutting left behind are still collapsing and eroding today, washing sediment down into reservoirs.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

In an era when short TikTok and YouTube videos are being blamed for eroding attention spans and fueling a reading crisis, social media, it transpires, is creating new audiences for the classics.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

He should know about eroding the foundations of commonality.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

But I said "eroding market" because I decided that I wanted to play the opposite game.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan