Example Sentences

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Just building spare parts for Sargeant’s cars were compromising development for 2024.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

The fires were compromising air quality and resulting in smoky skies throughout Central California and as far south as Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2021

“They were compromising the training . . . because they had to be out on patrol. They were on patrol twice or three times as much as any other ships in any other fleet.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2017

Ms Napier urged the government to consider whether crime commissioners' powers were compromising police independence in operational matters.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2013

They were compromising to John Heron, and would do him immense harm—worse than ever, now that he'd just come successfully through the courts—if they passed into enemy hands.

From The Lion's Mouse by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)