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Seawater itself is a problem because the salt can corrode metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

This passive layer helps prevent the underlying metal from continuing to corrode.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

The EU executive, however, has repeatedly insisted the new rules would not corrode national labour and tax laws.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

They worry the practice could mislead voters and corrode trust in nonpartisan news providers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026

His golden skin began to corrode, breaking into chunks.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

And he bemoaned a rise in public anger "that distorts and corrodes our public discourse".

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Digital technology isn’t merely accelerating some inevitable tide but is a force unto itself—one that makes solitary leisure more appealing, corrodes the incentives for sociality and, as a downstream consequence, reduces marriage and fertility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

It must become a philosophy that corrodes collective faith, collective beliefs, and becomes excessively individualistic.

From Slate ● May 16, 2026

The criticism forced Attorney General Eric Holder to apologize and led to new Justice Department policies sharply limiting investigations of journalists, recognizing that targeting reporters to identify sources corrodes the First Amendment itself.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

The salt in seawater also corrodes metal and destroys electrical connectors.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The hope and the change, the transcendent conviction that the systemic levers of government are not corroded beyond repair, the optimist I used to be—it all came rushing back.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

He is right that forward guidance has corroded the central bank’s discipline rather than sharpened it.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

That incident prompted Japanese authorities to step up efforts to replace corroded pipes across the country.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

The units, situated 5 to 9 miles from Santa Barbara County’s coastline, were shut-in after a corroded pipeline released nearly 3,000 barrels of oil in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Regular bronze would have corroded and become unusable long ago, but these were Celestial bronze—the handiwork of a demigod.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

"I cannot describe it. I mean, it looks ugly, really ugly," the 69-year-old said, peering through its corroding gates.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Filming in a constricting boxy aspect ratio, the Ukrainian director takes us inside a corroding prison filled with men unjustly incarcerated as enemies of the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

In columns and on TV, he warns that Hegseth’s cavalier attitude toward the rule of law and civilian protections is corroding military professionalism.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

That’s the quiet corruption corroding modern philanthropy: the ability to give as a license to impose one’s will.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë