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erode

[ih-rohd] / ɪˈroʊd /


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He added: “I’d like to see the entire beach erode all the way to our property before the road went across it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

This is particularly important because acids produced by oral bacteria can gradually erode tooth enamel, increasing the risk of cavities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Moneyist says that, while the relationship sounds transactional, even the best friendships can erode.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

And all of this could threaten to erode - if not explode - the rock on which scientific research rests: trust.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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

In a statement Saturday, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said that, “failing to hold yesterday’s meeting is unacceptable and erodes public trust.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

He characterized AI capabilities as statistical computations and warned that assigning consciousness to AI erodes human dignity.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

She wrote a series of articles about the problem of loneliness among older people, which she described as "a creeping enemy which erodes confidence."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

A status quo that steadily erodes is not stability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The wildflowers can’t push up, and when they don’t grow, the soil erodes and is carried into the streams by the rain.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Once additional material stopped accumulating on the mountain, powerful winds may have gradually eroded portions of the existing rock, carving out the distinctive yardangs visible today.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Swiss cement maker Holcim is being sued by residents of an Indonesian island being eroded by rising sea levels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

She said restructurings were necessary as companies adapt to changing consumption patterns, which have eroded the more lucrative TV economics of yesteryear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

If those safeguards are gradually eroded, he says, “the issue is no longer only whether the AfD is ‘bad for Jews.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Any barrier that had eroded between us these past few months, I’ve just built back up in a matter of seconds.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

“Our beaches are eroding and our wildfire risk is very high, especially during Santa Ana wind conditions. These are scary times and they require us to respond.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Soaring freight costs are eroding refinery profitability in Europe and Asia, despite elevated diesel crack spreads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The proposals triggered an outcry across many parts of the criminal justice world, with many opponents saying that eroding the 800-year-old right to trial by jury would not solve the backlogs.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Already this year, multiple counties have declared local emergencies as a spell of powerful, tropical storms from the Pacific sent high surf to Southern California, eroding local beaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

I think I hear him suck in air, but it’s hard to know because of the waves, loud and relentless, crashing into the rocks, eroding the continent.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson


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