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the damaging effects of the sun on your skin
The storm may produce damaging winds.
He says he has damaging information about the candidate.
The evidence was very damaging to their case.
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The Impact Of Workplace Anxiety Workplace anxiety often has damaging effects on employees and organizations.
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Erik Pham, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
But the Ethics Committee report or damaging witness testimony that could be leaked had the potential to derail Gaetz’s nomination.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Delegates from nearly 200 countries have been addressing the perils of climate change and trying to find the huge sums of money needed to slow, and cope with, its damaging effects across the planet.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
Winds remained strong at times early Wednesday before gradually starting to ease to gusty, but less damaging levels.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
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Erik Pham, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
But the Ethics Committee report or damaging witness testimony that could be leaked had the potential to derail Gaetz’s nomination.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Delegates from nearly 200 countries have been addressing the perils of climate change and trying to find the huge sums of money needed to slow, and cope with, its damaging effects across the planet.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
Winds remained strong at times early Wednesday before gradually starting to ease to gusty, but less damaging levels.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Damaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damaging. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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