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The word 'harm' is correct and commonly used in written English
You can use 'harm' when referring to physical, emotional, or mental damage or injury caused to someone or something. It can also refer to a negative or damaging effect on something. Example: The new pesticide used on the crops is causing harm to the local bee population. In this sentence, 'harm' is used to describe the negative impact on the bees caused by the pesticide.
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Harm
noun
Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
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Where's the harm?
He warned a decision to withdraw the ambassador could harm Australia's longer term goals.
They had little else in common over the course of the match with a Hearts side who did them such severe harm as they picked up the trophy they also secured in 2006.
BP says it is vigorously defending the case, arguing that it took significant steps to compensate farmers for laying the pipeline on their land and to ensure that no harm was caused.
Would your writers not wish to pursue any avenue that might benefit a child who has suffered harm at the hands of another person?
They are particularly scathing about the coalition's reliance on the responsibility deal, in which food and drink firms voluntarily agree moves to reduce the harm their products can cause.
"I do not think he will ever be able to come back to the United States no matter how popular he might come to be, and I think there is much more support for him month by month as people come to realise how little substance in the charges that he caused harm to us.
The king has also told Bismarck and King Wilhelm that he would like Denmark to be incorporated into the German Confederation to save his people further harm.
In its rebuttal, Barclays said: "Fundamentally, the complaint fails to identify any fraud – establishing no material misstatements, no identified victims, and no actual harm".
There are lots of things out there that can do you harm.
Not to mention the accidental harm that panicked people can do to each other when crammed into confined spaces.
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