damaging

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It’s cheaper, faster and far less damaging than when great ideas end up on your rival’s desk.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

SpaceX has such a lead on the launch competition that even that setback is unlikely to be damaging to its position.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

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

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

But despite these revelations, he was an extremely damaging witness, for the judge found him reliable and believable, and his testimony incriminated nearly all of us.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela