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[dam-ij] / ˈdæm ɪdʒ /




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Four men — including a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employee — were responsible for more than $170,000 in damage to downtown buildings during a yearlong graffiti spree, prosecutors alleged Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Several of the students said their friends had stopped reading books, and they believed it would eventually damage society as a whole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Earlier this year, four of the group's activists were jailed after causing £1.2m of damage at a UK site of an Israel-based defence firm.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

In addition, 71 percent of claims were compensated either partially or in full, with that figure rising to 93 percent for homes where the damage exceeded 150,000 euros.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

If one of the bonds in its DNA is affected, the cell is likely to repair the damage.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Producer Simon Afram has sued Netflix seeking economic damages of more than $100 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

The condition gradually damages cartilage, the smooth, protective tissue that cushions the ends of bones and allows joints to move with minimal friction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The $108 million in compensation accounts for both material and moral damages.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

He said the owner of the image was entitled to bring legal action, including an injunction to stop any further use of the image, damages for lost income and cover of their legal costs.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Accordingly, suing a city police department for damages is generally not an option.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

In an update on Friday evening, Division 3 Fire Chief Mark Backoff said that six homes had either been damaged or destroyed by the Norte Fire, and one firefighter had been injured from heat exhaustion.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Plants are ruthless in shedding those that are damaged or diseased or that they can no longer maintain, for instance during dry weather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

At the cellular level, keeping muscles healthy requires a careful balance between producing new proteins and disposing of old or damaged ones.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some protested specific projects, notably the World Bank-backed Pak Mun dam, a hydropower project completed in 1994 that fishing communities say damaged their livelihoods.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Whatever he was when he wandered away from his family, he is incalculably worse now, damaged beyond repair and probably even recognition.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Storms are most often named when potentially damaging winds are forecast, but can also be named for flooding rain or disruptive snow.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

We know how damaging it is, and we know what group is doing the damage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The warming phase of a natural climate cycle, El Nino events temporarily elevate global temperatures, altering cloud and wind patterns, and raise the risk of damaging weather.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

This occurs when blood supply to the front portion of the optic nerve becomes insufficient, potentially damaging the nerve and interfering with vision.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

I’d ripped it off cleanly, without damaging the dress.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall


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