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[dam-ij] / ˈdæm ɪdʒ /




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The damage was not just physical or economic; it was psychic.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Were my parents trying to spare me, as a young child, from learning about human atrocity, or was the Holocaust, and the damage it had done to our family, too difficult for them to confront?

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

It reports that Burnham's own backbenchers have said the plans will damage the economy, describing it as "anti-growth" and arriving at "the worst time" for the hospitality industry.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

It also is scrambling to repair damage done to its refineries during the war and faces difficulties importing gasoline through the blockade.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Broca notices that in the brains of stroke patients who'd lost the power to speak there is visible damage in a small area on the outside of the left frontal lobe.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

NTK filed the lawsuit in October 2023 alleging that it suffered damages, including suspension of a tender offer due to the interference of Daiichi Sankyo.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

The world’s largest cold-storage operator is seeking compensation for estimated damages of more than $1 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

In a related development, Hernandez's parents filed a civil lawsuit against Burke on Friday, seeking monetary damages including burial and funeral expenses.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The court said "both sides bore equal responsibility for the breakdown of the marriage" and therefore granted the divorce but rejected Lee's claim for damages, she added.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

“About those Incorrigibles—no loss of property? No damages to the wolf children? I’ve still got three of them, what?”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

The attacks damaged the operational plumbing of finance: communications networks, settlement systems, trading records, clearing banks, exchanges, brokers and the people who made them work.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Those proteins could provide researchers with clues about how to encourage damaged human hearts to generate more muscle cells.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

The funds will help repair damaged infrastructure, increase storage capacity and improve power supply to hospitals.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Strong surf across Southern California this weekend blasted through a seawall in Long Beach, caused a massive sinkhole at a celebrity’s Malibu home and damaged several Dana Point homes, among other issues.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Klava herself was wounded in the leg, and before long, fire began to spread along the wing of their Pe-2 from the damaged engine.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Kyle Hermann, a 29-year-old teacher from California, praised Rubio's "charm and his wit" and said he hoped both men could emerge from any primary battle without damaging each other.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Ukraine began its drone campaign against Russian refineries and energy infrastructure about a year ago, but it has since fine-tuned the attacks, which are now more damaging, Columbia’s Mitrova said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

In 2021, an ice-and-rock avalanche in northern India killed more than 200 people and destroyed one hydropower project while severely damaging another.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

A specific subgroup appears to help coordinate the immune response and shift it away from damaging inflammation toward conditions that support regeneration.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

It has been shown experimentally to disturb the basic physiological process of respiration in the cell, and to imitate X-rays in damaging the chromosomes.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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