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The volcano could build a tuff cone with a long lived vent crater, or the new land could quickly collapse and erode away.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Coasts are designed to move - waves, tides, currents and wind are always shifting sand around, while dunes grow and erode naturally over time.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

"We firmly believe the DMA's mandate goes beyond what is lawful and proportionate, threatening to erode decades of privacy and security protections we've built and leaving our users vulnerable to new risks," the company said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Players’ performance, recovery ability and decision making erode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

However, in his time the brief tradition of tolerance for unconventional views began to erode and then to shatter.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The county said it all “further erodes confidence” in the district’s budgeting abilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

That erodes the purchasing power of the yen and feeds into the inflation problem that the Bank of Japan only recently started raising interest rates to fight.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Purists worry that deploying these hunting technologies erodes the notion of fair chase—the idea that hunters should give free-ranging game a reasonable chance of escape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

Whether this shift restores trust in polling or further erodes it will depend less on the technology itself than on how it is used, explained and regulated.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

But the liquid from within bounced on the still water like a violent rainstorm that erodes the land.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

The surge in sales pushed up prices and eroded affordability.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

When Lacaze took the position in 2014, the company had one big thing going for it: its mine, Mount Weld, an eroded ancient volcano in Western Australia with an anomalously high concentration of rare earths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Donahue does not believe that the eye-watering ticket prices have eroded MSG's DNA.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

Pratt has been in second place since then, but Raman has gradually eroded his lead as mail-in ballots have been counted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

First one hole, then another, no bigger than a finger’s width, until the water eroded the sides and the outlets grew large enough for two fists to go through.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Tebas said that the Balogun decision was the "tip of the iceberg" following a series of events which had been "eroding the credibility of Fifa and football in general for many years".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

“While supply disruption risk is high, the ability of the oil market to respond to the sharpest oil supply shock ever has been a key surprise that is likely eroding this security premium.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

‘At some point, Angelenos must ask what we are willing to tolerate. A city cannot recover while its leaders keep enabling the conditions eroding public life,’ writes an L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

Recent data, however, only shows “stabilization,” he said, pointing to decelerating wage growth, eroding real incomes and ongoing inflation pressures as factors likely to weigh on growth and drive Treasury yields lower.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

At home, public support for the war was slowly eroding, and Johnson’s fear that American troop morale would slip as the war dragged on was proving painfully correct.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge