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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
Curiously, the Maduro regime has shown little interest in imprisoning or physically harming Machado herself.
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Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
But Maryland leaders are on the cusp of reducing this climate-warming and health-harming pollution from our homes and buildings.
—Susan Miller, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Prosecutors argued that many people suffer from mental illness, but that doesn’t justify harming children.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
These small particles persist in the environment, harming wildlife and polluting the oceans.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2024
This includes acid gases as well as ammonia, a major driver of lung-harming particulate pollution.
—Arlene Blum, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The burden of ensuring quantum computing serves humanity, rather than harming it, seems unfairly placed on everyone else—governments, developers, and industries scrambling to mitigate threats while tech companies continue to reap the rewards.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Bald eagles are also protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, which prohibit killing, selling or harming bald eagles, their nests or their eggs.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
Martin coerced one underage girl into physically harming herself and filming it, according to the Justice Department.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
But Maryland leaders are on the cusp of reducing this climate-warming and health-harming pollution from our homes and buildings.
—Susan Miller, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Prosecutors argued that many people suffer from mental illness, but that doesn’t justify harming children.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
These small particles persist in the environment, harming wildlife and polluting the oceans.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2024
This includes acid gases as well as ammonia, a major driver of lung-harming particulate pollution.
—Arlene Blum, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The burden of ensuring quantum computing serves humanity, rather than harming it, seems unfairly placed on everyone else—governments, developers, and industries scrambling to mitigate threats while tech companies continue to reap the rewards.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Bald eagles are also protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, which prohibit killing, selling or harming bald eagles, their nests or their eggs.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
Martin coerced one underage girl into physically harming herself and filming it, according to the Justice Department.
—Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harming
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The anti-immigrant rhetoric has been so acute that an anti-immigration far-right extremist in Germany — ironically himself an immigrant — just attacked a holiday market, killing at least five and injuring hundreds.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, a car plowed through a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night, killing five people and injuring some 200 others.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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This adjustment in deadlines provides companies with the necessary breathing room to ensure compliance without compromising the integrity of the beneficial ownership reporting framework.Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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And appeasement could lead to accusations from other member states that multilateral institutions are compromising their principles.Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
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Instead of weakening, the civic movement gathered speed.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
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The technical picture is weakening The stock's behavior is weak, as shown in the chart below.John S. Tobey, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Harming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harming. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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