corrosive
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There are now more than a dozen similar bills winding through statehouses from Olympia, Wash., to Albany, N.Y., as legislators try to rein in a practice the majority of Americans see as dangerous and corrosive.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Its sour, heavy crude is difficult to extract and refine, while its high sulphur content makes it corrosive to pipelines.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
While German municipalities used to allow citizens to sprinkle salt on frozen walkways, this was banned years ago, in favour of just gravel, as the corrosive salt is known to attack the roots of trees.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
I’ve always felt that engagement is better and more corrosive to a dictatorship than isolating them… Secret police never go hungry, armies never go hungry.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026
Harry felt a corrosive hatred toward Ron: Something had broken between them.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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