corroding

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Mr. McDougall notes that Mary Shelley “had seen it all coming” decades before Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche warned that Europe was corroding itself from within.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 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

Much of the corroding metal throughout the structure needs to be replaced, but “the masonry’s in good condition,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

Corrosion of metals in surgical implants is a huge problem, and because the metal is the functional part, as well as the corroding part, the amount of metal is key.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2024

He unsnapped the corroding latches and opened it.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy