erode

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The experience of the nonagency mortgage-backed securities market before the 2008 financial crisis shows how opacity can enable misrepresentations of asset quality, erode investor confidence and contribute to market unraveling.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Critics are concerned this transfer will erode the government’s ability to go after other kinds of tax violations.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

That has been exacerbated, she said, by homeowners’ failure to comply with terms of the original permit, which required them to provide sand to cover the geotubes—sand that would naturally erode and nourish other beaches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

She said a Year 8 reading assessment would increase pressure on pupils at a point in their education when confidence matters most, and that it would narrow the curriculum and erode teacher autonomy.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Through him you would meet someone else you liked a lot better and gradually your friendship with the first person would erode, then vanish into aggrieved memory.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy