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corrosive

[kuh-roh-siv] / kəˈroʊ sɪv /


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It highlighted the corrosive impact of social media and misogynist influencers on some teenage boys and prompted then Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to pledge to tackle the issue.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Gold is traditionally recovered either by smelting at very high temperatures or by using corrosive acid mixtures that generate hazardous waste.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Experts say the age of pipes, the corrosive soil they’re buried in and pressure changes in pipes that send water to hillside neighborhoods all contribute to breaks across the aging system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

I presumed the franchise was beyond repair, that decades of corrosive leadership had ended any hope of turning the ship around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

The other war, the bloody one of twenty years, did not cause them as much damage as the corrosive war of eternal postponements.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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