damaging
Americanadjective
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Global household wealth surged last year as expectations of bumper profits from artificial intelligence pushed equity prices to new highs, but that threatens an economically damaging correction should those profits fail to materialize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Times writes: “That process could have required federal agencies to hand over more damaging records.”
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Dawson said her firm faces a "damaging" business rates bill, which is "one of the biggest threats to our ability to keep operating".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The teen then “threatened to disclose damaging information about her relationship with defendant to end his career and destroy his life,” Silverman wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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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