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This interaction damages skin cells and can trigger irritation, redness, stinging or burning.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025 -
If the power outage is specific to your home, say a lightning strike damages your electrical system, things change.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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The object may slip or the line may blur, but what hurts more is the sense of exclusion.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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As Dexter questions why Batista’s death hurts so much, Brian chastises his brother for listening to Harry too much.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Avoid common pitfalls such as poor voice quality that harms brand perception, over-automating emotional interactions too soon and rolling out systems without strong human fallback options.—
Leonard Martin Schmedding,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Cannon said Biden's four-month limit on these plans harms people who become ill while they are covered.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 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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This is an inflammatory condition in which swelling injures the optic nerve, disrupting the transmission of visual information from the eye to the brain.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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This happens because part of our mental resources are constantly devoted to not thinking about our phones, and that creates a form of cognitive load that impairs learning.—
Angelica Mari,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The disease impairs cells’ mitochondria, which are kind of like tiny batteries that generate energy for cells to function correctly.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
18 Aug. 2025
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The whole ordeal exhausts the mother turtle.—
Taylor Hagood,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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The idea of festivals just exhausts me.—
Meg Zukin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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An ongoing alien siege cripples the world’s militaries, infrastructure, and communication centers but Will can run Premiere Pro, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and remote control a Tesla all at the same time.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Invalids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalids. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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