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corrode

[kuh-rohd] / kəˈroʊd /


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As these planes age, they can corrode and require increasingly complex, time-consuming maintenance to keep them flight-ready.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 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

People travelling on one of the UK's busiest rail lines face weeks of disruption as engineers replace overhead power lines that corrode quicker than any other part of the network.

From BBC May 22, 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

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

I learned that leaving the knife wet corrodes it.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 23, 2025

“When an officer violates someone’s civil rights, it corrodes trust in law enforcement and undermines the effectiveness of other officers who sacrifice to protect the public,” U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2024

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

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

SNP strategists believe the controversy corroded trust in the party and cost them a significant amount of support.

From BBC May 25, 2026

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

From MarketWatch May 8, 2026

However, the researchers did not look into what happened when the glass was deliberately smashed -- or corroded by chemicals.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 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

And worse, the teeth had braces, bands of corroded scummy metal with pieces of fish and driftwood and floating garbage stuck between them.

From "The Sea of Monsters" 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

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

Mr. McDougall notes that Mary Shelley “had seen it all coming” decades before Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche warned that Europe was corroding itself from within.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

He adds that migration is an "emotive and complicated issue", but the UK and other Western nations should avoid "cherry-picking the best and corroding African states from being successful themselves".

From BBC Nov. 5, 2024

Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was lost— good manners, ease and beauty?

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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