damage
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“The application is for a permit to repair the damage from the fire, which was not caused by the cold storage operations at the facility,” the company stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Officials declared a state of disaster as crews cleared debris and assessed damage.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Japanese military has mobilised 3,600 personnel for disaster relief operations and sent 20 aircraft to assess the damage from the air, the defence minister said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Insurance is not included in your lease, and you may incur damage fees if the device is lost, stolen, or not returned in the condition required by the lease,” Apple noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
A 25-foot wave might overflow the barriers, causing minor flooding and damage.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Meta has expressed willingness to work with the states and schools to continue to make its products safe while calling the estimate of more than $1 trillion in damages absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
It damages DNA in liver cells and can create mutations that start tumor growth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
The National Federation of the Blind has called for a full pavement parking ban, arguing any parking on pavements "damages them in the longer term, leaving them in a worse state for pedestrians".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million in damages.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
So widespread and heavy was the loss that 14 other beekeepers joined him in suing the state for a quarter of a million dollars in damages.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
NHK aired footage from elsewhere in the southwestern Kumamoto region on Kyushu island showing several blazes, damaged bridges, a derailed cargo train and a number of houses threatening to topple over.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The quake has also caused power cuts, damaged roads, collapsed a castle wall and destroyed a footbridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
These changes can cause cells to multiply too quickly and ignore signals that normally tell damaged cells to die before they become dangerous.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
No structures had been damaged or destroyed as of Sunday night, according to Cal Fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
When Agnew saw the damaged backbone, he stuck his little finger through the hole created by Guiteau's bullet.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
The assemblage turned the damaging caricature into a revolutionary hero, and made Saar a star of the Black Arts movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Times writes: “That process could have required federal agencies to hand over more damaging records.”
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The last time he faced a top-level operation, he suffered a damaging knockout defeat by Daniel Dubois.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
A team at the University of Kentucky has now identified this damaging process for the first time and demonstrated a way to shut it down.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Since they were new princes, it was useless and damaging for Pertinax and Alexander to wish to imitate Marcus, who was installed in the principality by right of birth.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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