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as in damaging
to cause bodily damage to
though she wasn't harmed by the flying glass, she slipped and fell on a piece and cut her hand
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as in injuring
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting
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Recent Examples of harming
But Germany, renowned for its strong auto industry and its key manufacturers including BMW, Volkswagen and Mercedes heavily invested in China, says the EU risks harming itself with tariffs, and has urged for negotiations with Beijing to continue.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 4 Oct. 2024
Here are three ways this overly optimistic thinking may be subtly harming you.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Vance countered that the Biden-Harris administration has been harming middle-class households and others by stoking inflation, driving up food costs by 25% and housing by 60%.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
So taking it out means harming civilians, too.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
Such a move would exacerbate the real problem, all the while harming small investors.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Newsom, not one to shy away from signing a new law, felt this bill risked harming the public good more than helping it.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Attorneys general for forty-one states and the District of Columbia have sued Meta for harming children by fuelling social-media addiction.
—Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Releasing carbon monoxide directly into the burrows is one way around potentially harming wildlife.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 4 Oct. 2024
Here are three ways this overly optimistic thinking may be subtly harming you.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Vance countered that the Biden-Harris administration has been harming middle-class households and others by stoking inflation, driving up food costs by 25% and housing by 60%.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
So taking it out means harming civilians, too.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
Such a move would exacerbate the real problem, all the while harming small investors.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Newsom, not one to shy away from signing a new law, felt this bill risked harming the public good more than helping it.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Attorneys general for forty-one states and the District of Columbia have sued Meta for harming children by fuelling social-media addiction.
—Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Releasing carbon monoxide directly into the burrows is one way around potentially harming wildlife.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harming
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The strikes come after Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion began in 2022, injuring one person and forcing three major airports to divert flights.Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on the Russian capital city of Moscow since the full-scale war began in 2022, injuring one person and forcing three major airports to divert flights, as Russia fired an unprecedented 145 drones against Ukraine.Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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First, Nabi recognized consumers’ developing propensity to over-use harsh active ingredients in a way that was compromising the skin’s protective moisture barrier.Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Corporate Cybersecurity Beginning as far back as 2019, network management platform SolarWinds was hacked by Russian actors who inserted malicious code into an update, compromising networks of thousands of customers, as well as local, state and federal governments.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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China has struggled with looming deflationary pressures due to a prolonged real estate downturn and weakening domestic consumer confidence.Anniek Bao,Sonia Heng, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
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So far, that has meant assaulting Gaza and weakening Hamas, before obliterating Hezbollah’s command structure, including killing its powerful leader Hassan Nasrallah.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Harming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harming. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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