detriment
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Others say the company's super-cheap products and frenzied online marketing encourage a culture of overconsumption to the detriment of the environment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Nonprofit experts interviewed by The Times raised concerns that someone in a position like Croom’s could profit to the detriment of both taxpayers and the people the money is meant to serve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
When asked if Sir Keir got too sucked into foreign policy to the detriment of domestic issues in the country, Lammy said the "two are indivisible".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
“There’s this big disjoint,” she added, “and it’s to the detriment of the country.”
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
But that name turned out to be a detriment rather than an asset to me.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
On Jan. 30, during an appearance before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Kennedy doubled down on the detriments of UPFs.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025
In an hourlong conversation, in a hotel somewhat more modest than Moscow’s Metropol, they discussed claustrophobia, facial hair and the benefits and detriments of working with a spouse.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
The game hadn’t evolved to where it is today, when speed and athleticism are viewed as desired traits, not detriments.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
A founder of the Indian National Congress, he expressed the opinions of many middle-class Indians in 1871 when he wrote on the subject of the benefits and detriments of British rule of India.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Each of the two paths has its own peculiar advantages and detriments; and the chief difference between them is that actions are fleeting, while works remain.
From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey) Saunders
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The Book Thief
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Tears of a Tiger
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Britain's Finest Hour Speech - Winston Churchill (1940)
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