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Recent Examples of injurious Patel had sought $10 million in damages on claims of defamation, injurious falsehood and business disparagement. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025 Moreover, the notion that reigning in greenhouse gas emissions undermines economic prosperity overlooks the mountain of evidence that the climate crisis is injurious to public health, a reality that the endangerment finding acknowledged and sought to address. Henna Hundal, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 Thomas was arrested on July 15 and was charged with assault, acting in a manner injurious to a child, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing. Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025 Tesla stock plummeted 14 percent Thursday on investors’ bet that the war of words between Trump and Musk could prove injurious to Tesla. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for injurious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injurious
Adjective
  • While traditional failures to moderate third-party posts are usually protected, design choices, like building chatbots that produce harmful content, could expose companies to liability.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That means millions of young people remain vulnerable to a practice the nation’s leading experts have long rejected as both harmful and scientifically baseless.
    Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Now the passion and confidence are overflowing in a way that’s detrimental.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Even some Republicans began warning this summer that letting those tax credits lapse could be detrimental, with Republican pollsters Tony Fabrizio and Bob Ward issuing a memo that cautioned an extension of the credits could make a difference in next year's midterm election.
    Amanda Seitz, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • While many consider the mammal a nuisance for raiding garbage cans and damaging property, raccoons can also carry diseases, and they probably shouldn't be kept as housepets.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Additional details about the texts could also be more damaging to Robinson's defense, Lazaro said.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Concerns or reports of adverse effects can be directed to the FDA's Human Foods Program at 1-888-SAFEFOOD (1-888-723-3366).
    Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Such issues include severe weather impacts, adverse road conditions and trash buildups that pose a threat to human and/or wildlife health.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • So quick, so dangerous in the final third, and surely so motivated to revive his career in a World Cup year.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But even hanging around the base camp can be dangerous, as hundreds of holiday makers were trapped when the area was hit in an unexpected blizzard over the weekend.
    Kaijing Xiao, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Injurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injurious. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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