damaging

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However, it creates a challenge in cancer therapy because many treatments work by damaging tumor DNA beyond repair.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Lloyd Jenkins, along with his parents Margaret and David, pleaded guilty earlier this month to damaging a protected wildlife site over a period of eight years on land in the Mwnt area of Ceredigion.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

“That would be consistent with Brent crude prices reaching an all-time nominal peak, and could require more disorderly and economically damaging cuts to oil demand,” Hussain adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Is it damaging for artists’ careers to pull down dates over low sales?

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The morning was physically tiring, but the nervous strain, the fear that my actions would call down upon my head a storm of curses, was even more damaging.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright