erode
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In Southern California, cliffs could erode more than 130 feet by the end of the century, and the consequences of erosion have already proved to be severe on major roads, railways and other critical infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
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
Those who hold them for longer periods risk seeing gains erode — which can happen quickly.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 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
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
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But any insider trading on prediction markets erodes trust in the platforms and causes traders to question the market’s integrity.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Murphy later returned to the court orders question, saying that ignoring judges erodes democracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Inflation erodes confidence in the future; the psychic blow of 2008 still reverberates; young voters, especially millennials, remember those days of anxiety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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
The snow erodes, leaving the potholes in the roads near our house filled with muddy water.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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The surge in sales pushed up prices and eroded affordability.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Statistics also suggest that over the last 50 years, the idea that every generation will do better than the one before has been eroded.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The siege of Gaza "directly undermined reproductive and newborn health", while the collapse of public health programmes "eroded the conditions necessary for a healthy next generation".
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The weakness in the home market was weighed primarily by a surge in oil prices that eroded demand for fuel-powered vehicles, the agency said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
He described it as an eroded, hard mass about the size of a nickel.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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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
The initiatives appear to be a response to State Farm’s eroding status in the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
"In our lower-risk children, what seems to be happening is that experiences of depression are eroding a protective factor, which is how much they pay attention to happy faces," Gibb said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
It also reflected increased worries about eroding U.S. competitiveness.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
“The Empire State Building isn’t eroding anytime soon.”
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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