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the damaging effects of the sun on your skin
The storm may produce damaging winds.
He says he has damaging information about the candidate.
The evidence was very damaging to their case.
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Mother Nature exploded in Los Angeles this month with the most damaging wildfires in the city’s, and likely the nation’s, history.
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Carmen Balber, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
The two most damaging active blazes – the Palisades Fire, the most destructive in the city's history, and the Eaton Fire – were 19% and 45% contained, respectively, according to Cal Fire's latest updates Wednesday.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
The deficit hawks said the package must be paid for by other changes to the budget — a stipulation that infuriated Republicans from New York and New Jersey, where the storm was most damaging, and triggered an internal fight within the GOP that benefited Democrats politically.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Goonan plead guilty to one count of maliciously damaging property used in or affecting interstate commerce with fire or explosive, which has a potential sentence of between five and 20 years, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Carmen Balber, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
The two most damaging active blazes – the Palisades Fire, the most destructive in the city's history, and the Eaton Fire – were 19% and 45% contained, respectively, according to Cal Fire's latest updates Wednesday.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
The deficit hawks said the package must be paid for by other changes to the budget — a stipulation that infuriated Republicans from New York and New Jersey, where the storm was most damaging, and triggered an internal fight within the GOP that benefited Democrats politically.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Goonan plead guilty to one count of maliciously damaging property used in or affecting interstate commerce with fire or explosive, which has a potential sentence of between five and 20 years, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Damaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damaging. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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