as in damages
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
your refusal to cooperate will cross up the whole investigation
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These instructions help turn off the harmful protein that damages brain cells.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025 -
Every departure damages a team’s ability to deliver value to customers.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Sep. 2025
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Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Valuing a project at cost of production rather than value in an arm’s length sale—common in all economic statistics—especially mars Chinese data.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Automobility directly or indirectly causes one in 34 deaths annually, injures more than 100 million people a year, and has killed as many people as the two World Wars combined.—
Henrietta Moore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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If a dog that has not been officially declared dangerous severely injures or kills a person when unprovoked, authorities may confiscate the dog, and the dog’s owner is liable for the incident.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps surprisingly, Rose says that losing in chess hurts a little more than failing to win on the basketball court used to.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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Actually, her back hurts really bad.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Crosses (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosses%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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