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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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Powerful storms with damaging high winds threatened several states in the Southeast early Friday, as residents elsewhere in the U.S. cleared debris from deadly severe weather that produced twisters in Michigan, Tennessee and other states.
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CBS News, 10 May 2024
Elsewhere, an isolated tornado can’t be ruled out in Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; or Richmond, Virginia, but the biggest threat in the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday will be damaging winds of 60 mph or higher.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 9 May 2024
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CBS News, 10 May 2024
Elsewhere, an isolated tornado can’t be ruled out in Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; or Richmond, Virginia, but the biggest threat in the Mid-Atlantic on Thursday will be damaging winds of 60 mph or higher.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 9 May 2024
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“Damaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damaging. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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