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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Children are more likely to suffer from HUS, which damages blood vessels, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026 -
This exposure damages the DNA in skin cells and can trigger changes that cause those cells to grow out of control and turn cancerous.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
18 Mar. 2026
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No sadness mars the purity of its paranoia.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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However, an earnestness mars most of the proceedings.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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In her desperation to ask Val for a job on the new sitcom, Sharon falls and injures herself.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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Pool drain seriously injures girl Paloma Quatrini was just days away from her fourth birthday when the accident happened at an upscale resort in Mexico.—
Meghan Schiller,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Running hurts your knees and your hips, and even tennis causes shoulder problems.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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This action hurts library patrons, not just the librarians.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Crosses (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosses%20%28up%29. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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