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Virtually all aspects of the game degrade in the heat, Mandelbaum said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Missions have limited time to gather enough sunlight driven X-ray signals, and detectors can degrade during long periods in space.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026

In response to near-daily Russian bombardments, Ukraine regularly strikes Russian territory, saying it hits military and energy sites to degrade Moscow's capacity to fund its offensive.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

It worked to “disrupt, deter and degrade foreign adversaries’ ability to interfere with and influence how U.S. citizens vote and how those votes are counted.”

From Salon ● May 21, 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

When a biopsy is taken, the genetic material in the tissue degrades within hours, unless it is protected.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

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

Diet activates autophagy -- a cellular "clean-up" process that degrades and recycles damaged proteins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025

Sickness spreads, often directly through viruses or indirectly by depleting family resources, putting stress on people that degrades their health.

From Salon ● May 27, 2025

The general knowledge that an author must write for bread, at least for improving his pittance, degrades him and his productions in the public eye.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.

Even worse, recognizing the long con has degraded offline interactions as well.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

The scheme, alongside others including Nuclear Waste Services and Cumbria Wildlife Trust, will involve surveying the county's sand dune habitats which, like those in the rest of the country, have been historically degraded.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

That can add up to more than $100 in savings, with average summer electricity costs projected at $792, but Wolfe said it is largely dependent on how degraded the AC is.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

The study also documented what scientists call a "regime shift" -- the point at which an ecosystem crosses a threshold and rapidly reorganizes into a fundamentally different and often degraded condition.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

Unique is a good example: a crisp and accurate word meaning “one of a kind,” now frequently degraded to merely “unusual.”

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

But the stockpiles were initially designed for up to five full drawdowns, and the frequent releases are degrading the sites’ integrity, experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The researchers found that excess EXO1 destabilizes newly formed DNA through two main mechanisms, expanding single-stranded DNA gaps and degrading reversed replication forks.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

That quote was also cited by Nowak's family, who called his treatment by police "inhumane and degrading" and the force has apologised.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

I assume you’re going to live in this new home for the next 20-odd years, and that you have the means to upgrade without degrading your retirement fund.

From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026

Even if it means doing something extremely degrading.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers