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Jurors will return to court here on Thursday to continue deliberations in a civil trial accusing Meta and YouTube of harmfully hooking young internet users.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

As for critics, some have continued to dismiss many reality TV shows as superficial escapism, at best - or, at worst, harmfully divisive.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

It’s not that carbon offsets have to suck—it’s more that they’re poorly overseen, little understood, and harmfully relied on as a magical solution.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2023

But the American Medical Association complained that the COVID-19 drugs could interact harmfully with drugs for other conditions and that physicians, who don’t typically staff pharmacies, are best equipped to prescribe them safely.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 9, 2022

It has also been found by opticians and doctors that hardly anything will affect the eyes harmfully quicker than gum-chewing.

From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by McCarty, Louis Philippe