Example Sentences

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Shipping delays will further hold back supplies, as will damage to key energy facilities in the Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The jobs report may overshadow the market’s recent preoccupation on just how much artificial intelligence will damage the growth prospects for software and other industries.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

"Security at the US border is vital but the planned policy changes will damage job creation," the council's president Gloria Guevara said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

And, like many women, there's a fear that maternity leave will damage her career prospects.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

She insists that the sun will damage her son’s lungs.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García