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Recognizing that 9/11’s horrors compounded over the years does not degrade the memory of its initial victims.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

It has taken a few generations to degrade our public schools and it will take a few, if not more, to restore them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

He then added he would not attend the count as Essex Police had told him about an "organised campaign to disrupt and degrade the result".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The material is relatively weak and may degrade too quickly, which can limit its usefulness when repairing bones that need to bear weight or withstand force.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

No generation has the right to dictate to another what its culture ought to be, or to degrade its choices as stupid and offensive.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

As permafrost degrades, glacial lake outbursts and rock-ice avalanches are expected to increase, producing faster, debris-laden floods that are harder to forecast.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

As frozen ground degrades, previously buried minerals become exposed and water interacts more extensively with rock surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

If it degrades rapidly, that means insects are attracted to the plentiful organic matter.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

Lifespan: Heavy use degrades the coating in about a year, though judicious care can extend the pan’s life to, say, three years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

More perilous than atheism, because more alluring, it defies passion, and in the name of inspiration degrades man to the brute.

From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Samuel Osgood

They can be produced on already degraded land, or made from waste products such as used cooking oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

If some of these satellites get hacked, damaged, derailed, or destroyed, America’s ability to fight a war would be seriously degraded.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

There are a few fun visual gags about the degraded far-future — a hospital named St. God’s, the city’s digital clock tower being stuck on a blinking 12:00 — but its punchlines tend toward nasty.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

The section of West Cliff Drive near where the accident took place was heavily damaged by high waves during the winter of 2023-24 and has been further degraded by ongoing coastal erosion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

But it was better, I figured, to have Ronnie a little peeved than to have me a whole lot damaged and degraded, just because I’d let my guard down for three and one-third seconds.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

It acknowledged that data centers employ tens of thousands of union members while pledging to fight to keep AI from degrading job quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

“The experience was traumatizing, degrading and humiliating,” André said when the lawsuit was filed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

A ride on a people mover feels even more degrading in comparison to the alternative mode serving other travelers.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

"But that process also stops them fully degrading and causes toxic chemicals to leach into the environment."

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

But what none of us realized was how demeaning and degrading this actually was.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers