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In the 1960s and into the 1970s, he wanted immigration officials to keep out undocumented workers, believing they’d be exploited as strikebreakers for growers and erode his union’s bargaining power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The traditional path for young people to succeed began to erode long ago.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

He added: "Our work suggests that tectonic uplift related to continental rifting and breakup created both steep slopes and high ground, providing the mountainous terrain that rivers and glaciers could readily erode."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

At some point disintegrating cohesion produces costs—social, economic and political—that undermine the benefits of the inequality and erode support for the system itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

He blamed Ron and Hermione: Their determined indifference was as bad as the relentless rain for dampening his spirits, but neither could erode his certainty, which remained absolute.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

In concentrated markets, companies have every incentive to avoid competing aggressively because competition erodes margins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

One is mechanical stress, in which repeated contact with water droplets creates friction that slowly erodes a coating or causes pieces of it to peel away.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

"Improved public services and better learning outcomes in schools will reinforce trust -- but if AI embeds bias in government decisions or erodes data privacy, that trust will be difficult to recover," said the statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Credibility erodes when central banks announce goals without a strategy to achieve them.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

But the liquid from within bounced on the still water like a violent rainstorm that erodes the land.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

"Storm surf generated by Hurricane Marie and runoff from a storm drain outfall eroded a large portion of the festival site," said a statement from the city of Santa Monica.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

This is especially true of those who have switched jobs—and who might feel especially put off if the pay gains they hustled for are later eroded by inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

At the Old Bailey last year, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said Gill had abused his position and had eroded "public confidence in democracy".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

They asked visitors to stay outside of the barricades and away from the eroded edge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

A couple of miles offshore, a belt of pack ice and eroded bergs was drifting past, warning everyone of the winter to come.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

The counterargument is that the case for waiting has been eroding all year, and not just since July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The practice was banned in 2020, but the bare faces that cutting left behind are still collapsing and eroding today, washing sediment down into reservoirs.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

In an era when short TikTok and YouTube videos are being blamed for eroding attention spans and fueling a reading crisis, social media, it transpires, is creating new audiences for the classics.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

He should know about eroding the foundations of commonality.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

She smiles and her new dentures are still in, the ones Dr. Simon cast for her when her teeth started eroding from the stomach acid.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett