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If he has the courage to defy his critics and continue down the road to reform, then we can all be free of Fed forward guidance that has done more harm than good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The spokesperson added that "any unilateral actions or agreements concerning transshipped goods must not target or harm the interests of third parties."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The proposal could do more harm than good, Boccia added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Physical injuries can also harm myelin, and in severe cases, the resulting damage can lead to the death of entire neurons.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The bearish boy swung his stick at the charging badger, but the weapon swept right through her, protected as she was by the Afterlife against those who meant her harm.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Justice in Aging, a national advocacy group, suggests that Medicaid estate recovery disproportionately harms low-income families because the home is often the primary asset left behind by a Medicaid recipient.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
This can reduce independence which harms their mental wellbeing and adds financial pressures, she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
With two convictions and nearly $1 billion in damages already stacked up, Meta will face another trial starting this week about alleged harms to children in a case brought by four US states.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The apparent mismatch between the expected harms of saturated fat and the neutral or beneficial effects seen in some dairy studies may be explained by what researchers call the dairy matrix hypothesis.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“How come this one walks in daylight? I thought they could only walk at night? There’s one that kept stealing some seeds from my nali’s cornfield. I think sunlight harms it.”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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"Children and medical staff were not harmed, as they were in a shelter at the time of the attack," the ministry said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
You felt bad for anyone who got harmed.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
“We harmed young people in very real ways,” said David Barnes, a public health historian at the University of Pennsylvania.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Wilson's lawyer argued that MacInnes - who graduated from acting school in Western Australia in 2021 - had not been harmed by the posts, pointing to a recent record deal that she had signed.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
"I will not have her harmed," Dany said.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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They argued the cows had degraded the seashore with manure pollution and soil erosion, harming the native wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Melia said she worried about how much it was harming the environment.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Our work shows that we can collect samples without harming the parchments, which is a big step forward."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Denys Shtilerman, head of Ukrainian defence firm Fire Point, said the strikes were partly aimed at harming Russia's economy and hoped it could trigger a financial crisis.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
“And they were harming no one. Why waste your money on killing animals who don’t need killing?”
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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