as in to poison
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
such shameless ambulance chasing cankers the legal profession
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as in rot
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Recent Examples of canker
Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2019
Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
Some types of mouth cancer can resemble canker sores.2
A canker sore that isn't painful and/or doesn't heal can be a sign of mouth cancer and should be evaluated by a healthcare professional.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
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Verb
Start by removing all blighted twigs and cankered branches 6 to 10 inches below the edge of visible infection.
—Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2019
Noun
Botryosphaeria canker, for example, is a fungal disease that can cause serious damage to shrubs and trees that have been stressed by dry soil.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
Some types of mouth cancer can resemble canker sores.2
A canker sore that isn't painful and/or doesn't heal can be a sign of mouth cancer and should be evaluated by a healthcare professional.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
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And many of those deepfake deceptions already live among us, poisoning our digital pathways to connection.Jason Parham, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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The anti-corruption campaigner began this book in 2020, while recovering in Berlin from being poisoned with Novichok on a domestic flight in Russia.The Week UK, theweek, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Apprentice suggests that Cohn hastened whatever rot was already present in his protégé, but its early scenes portray the opposite—that Trump, at his core, was simply naive.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
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The material resists rust and rot, unlike metal or wood.Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
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Instructed by Khamenei to go after Iran’s unscrupulous and less Islamist leaders, the organization’s younger corps naturally began attacking some of its oligarchs, accusing them of being corrupted by financial interests and of being too timid in their dealings with the West.Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
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When confronted further about the Big Lie that also finds a fertile home on social media platforms, Vance declined to respond to questions about the validity of Trump’s loss, instead saying Democrats were hypocrites in claiming Russian ads corrupted the results of 2016.Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
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Uncontrolled tooth decay can lead to infections, loss of teeth and painful abscesses.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The decomposition process would be slow, though, seeing as there is no oxygen in space to help move the process along, and dry air would also slow decay.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Anything infused with essential oils will have a shorter shelf life; these candles tend to degrade after about two years.Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2024
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That microgravity explains why vision tends to degrade over time, and being in space could result in cognitive declines long-term.Katie Hunt, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Actor Paul Teal died at the age of 35 after fighting cancer on Friday, November 15, confirms his partner Emilia Torello on Instagram.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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The agency’s $48 billion budget funds medical research on cancers, vaccines and other diseases through competitive grants to researchers at institutions throughout the nation.Aleccia Washington, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
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After all, fast-changing technology has been one of the drivers of deteriorating trust.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the recommendations were not followed, and the property continued to deteriorate.Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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Bailey looked out at the landscape again, thinking about El Naga’s description, the squalor of the NCI, the fractures between the United States and the Middle East.Sushrut Jangi, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2014
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Seeing my friend so comfortable in comfort, my old guttersnipe buddy who’d once lived for years in actual squalor, felt odd.Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Canker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canker. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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