harmful

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“The best thing you can say about them is that they weren’t as harmful people thought they would be,” said Scott Lincicome, the vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

“Turnstile cut ties with Brady Ebert in 2022 in response to a consistent pattern of harmful behavior affecting himself, the band, and the community,” the “Never Enough” band said in the statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

“The tariffs aren’t harmful any longer,” Molly Beerman, Alcoa’s chief financial officer, told investors recently.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The study, published in Nature Genetics and supported by federal grants and private funding, points to potential ways to target harmful folding patterns linked to disease.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Additional conversations with my doctor helped me understand that my behavior had become harmful to me.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry