corrode
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This passive layer helps prevent the underlying metal from continuing to corrode.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Gold is prized in electronic circuits because it conducts electricity well and does not corrode.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
People travelling on one of the UK's busiest rail lines face weeks of disruption as engineers replace overhead power lines that corrode quicker than any other part of the network.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
In such an environment, it is especially reckless to assume that war, no matter how justified, will somehow purify institutions rather than corrode them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Be a lot of work to clean ’em up and rezinc them, too, so they don’t corrode.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
It must become a philosophy that corrodes collective faith, collective beliefs, and becomes excessively individualistic.
From Slate ● May 16, 2026
The criticism forced Attorney General Eric Holder to apologize and led to new Justice Department policies sharply limiting investigations of journalists, recognizing that targeting reporters to identify sources corrodes the First Amendment itself.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
I learned that leaving the knife wet corrodes it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
“When an officer violates someone’s civil rights, it corrodes trust in law enforcement and undermines the effectiveness of other officers who sacrifice to protect the public,” U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
The salt in seawater also corrodes metal and destroys electrical connectors.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
CSB reports cited a range of avoidable failures, from corroded pipes to the lack of safety equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
He is right that forward guidance has corroded the central bank’s discipline rather than sharpened it.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
That incident prompted Japanese authorities to step up efforts to replace corroded pipes across the country.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
However, the researchers did not look into what happened when the glass was deliberately smashed -- or corroded by chemicals.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Regular bronze would have corroded and become unusable long ago, but these were Celestial bronze—the handiwork of a demigod.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
"I cannot describe it. I mean, it looks ugly, really ugly," the 69-year-old said, peering through its corroding gates.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Filming in a constricting boxy aspect ratio, the Ukrainian director takes us inside a corroding prison filled with men unjustly incarcerated as enemies of the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
It has been corroding not just in the US but across the western world for decades now.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
“I believe they have been corroding our civil discourse, they’ve been ‘attention fracking’ our children and treating our youth like products, not people.”
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2025
Worry had crept on a corroding world, and what was lost— good manners, ease and beauty?
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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