damaging
Americanadjective
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What we need to protect us from financial ruin is strong consumer protections against a damaging consequence of getting cancer in America: financial toxicity.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
SpaceX has such a lead on the launch competition that even that setback is unlikely to be damaging to its position.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The 30-year-old was forced off with a groin injury in Brussels, before damaging his Achilles after returning to Burnley, ruling him out of the entire 2025-26 season.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Flinders University Emeritus Professor John Long, who participated in earlier research that first described Koharalepis in 1992, says modern imaging technology made it possible to study internal structures without damaging the fossil.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
In a two-hour opening statement, prosecutor David Nissen told the jury that Russo and Ellsberg were unquestionably guilty of damaging America’s national security.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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