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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
The Commission is investigating whether that move is harming consumers and the broadcast-television industry.
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Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Sargassum is floating macroalgae that has inundated beaches in Florida and the Caribbean since 2011, damaging tourism, harming the health of humans and marine life and costing local governments millions of dollars a year to clean up.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Ahead, wildlife experts share their tips for getting rid of groundhogs from your garden without harming them.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026
Last month, a California jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman’s mental health through their addictive features.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
The method allowed rescuers to gently and slowly remove the adhesive from Elmer without harming the kitten.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Concerns around the impact of tech platforms, especially social media sites, on young people’s wellbeing have only escalated since a California jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman with addictive features last month.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Put in other terms, this means that if a ship is simply passing through, without doing anything else and without harming the security of the coastal countries, it must be allowed passage.
—Elizabeth Mendenhall, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Clean energy developments that might have shielded households from price shocks have been politicized and curtailed, harming both affordability and public health.
—Diana Hernández, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Sargassum is floating macroalgae that has inundated beaches in Florida and the Caribbean since 2011, damaging tourism, harming the health of humans and marine life and costing local governments millions of dollars a year to clean up.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Ahead, wildlife experts share their tips for getting rid of groundhogs from your garden without harming them.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026
Last month, a California jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman’s mental health through their addictive features.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
The method allowed rescuers to gently and slowly remove the adhesive from Elmer without harming the kitten.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Concerns around the impact of tech platforms, especially social media sites, on young people’s wellbeing have only escalated since a California jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman with addictive features last month.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Put in other terms, this means that if a ship is simply passing through, without doing anything else and without harming the security of the coastal countries, it must be allowed passage.
—Elizabeth Mendenhall, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Clean energy developments that might have shielded households from price shocks have been politicized and curtailed, harming both affordability and public health.
—Diana Hernández, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harming
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Wind gusts reached up to 110 mph, damaging homes throughout the city as the storm moved northeast.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2026
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Days of severe storms to come The shift in the weather pattern that sparked Thursday night’s storms will keep the threat level elevated for damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes in the central US into early next week.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Based on preliminary data from the CHP’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System, more than 110,000 crashes resulted from unsafe speeds, leading to more than 400 deaths and injuring more than 68,000 people, the agency said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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As Sousa-Martins drove forward, another agent shot at him 13 times, injuring Sousa-Martins as well as Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, a passenger in one of the ICE vehicles who was already in federal custody.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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The government is mindful of not hurting economic growth or spurring panic among consumers.—
Shoko Oda,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Then Simons left the game on a stretcher just past the hour after hurting his knee.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Ancient lava fields can be seen as dark lunar maria marring the silvery lunar surface, which themselves are threaded with bright streaks of reflective debris strewn across the surface by violent asteroid strikes.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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The demoralizing graffiti marring the main entrance to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 360 Lenox Ave.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2026
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Drone debris also fell on a roof of a residential building in the city of Samara, wounding a number of people, Fedorishchev said.—
Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Local and federal law enforcement agencies responded to the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, Thursday, after gunfire broke out inside the shopping center's food court, killing at least one person and wounding several more.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Days after returning from the NFL annual meeting in Phoenix on March 31, Vrabel was contacted by the New York Post seeking comment on the fact the paper was in possession of seemingly compromising photos of the coach and Russini, who worked for The Athletic at the time as an NFL reporter.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Enjoy easy-release, mess-free cooking without compromising on health.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Natural Ways to Get Rid of Onion Grass These invasive weeds are fast-growing and rob your grass of water, nutrients, and sunlight, weakening your garden over time, says Brian Feldman, senior director of technical operations at TruGreen.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
26 Apr. 2026
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Muscle loss and bone weakening Numerous studies have documented that rapid weight loss from Ozempic and other medications can cause significant muscle loss, especially in people who don’t increase their protein intake.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Harming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harming. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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