damaging

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Flinders University Emeritus Professor John Long, who participated in earlier research that first described Koharalepis in 1992, says modern imaging technology made it possible to study internal structures without damaging the fossil.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

He said recent "upsetting, quite untrue, quite damaging" online posts had "hurt the whole of the school community" but he believed social media also had "many advantages" for young people.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Human Rights Watch called the court order "the latest deeply damaging blow to the rule of law, democracy and human rights" in Turkey.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

If it gets into rivers it can be very damaging - causing algal blooms which block sunlight and deplete the water of oxygen, affecting wildlife.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

It would be foolish to assume that any single agent is responsible for damaging the chromosomes or causing their erratic behavior during cell division.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson