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The climate effects of such wanton deforestation will partially vitiate any environmental gains from the collapse in ground and air transport this spring. Troy Vettese, The New Republic, "An Inconvenient Lesson From the Pandemic: We Have to Stop Eating Meat," 31 July 2020

They and Trump can be expected to argue that a party-line vote in the House should vitiate the stigma of impeachment. Noah Feldman, The New York Review of Books, "Is Trump Above the Law?," 19 Dec. 2019

By forbidding all comparison, this more expansive meaning is vitiated. Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, "Why Historical Analogy Matters," 7 Jan. 2020

If the legitimacy of his actions is deemed vitiated by a potentially corrupt intent to impede the investigation, then his communications facilitate a crime and are not privileged. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "Can Trump Assert Executive Privilege over His Conversations with Corey Lewandowski?," 17 Sep. 2019

Millennials have allied with Gen Z, and managed to vitiate the meme in the process by, basically, overdoing it. Molly Roberts, The Denver Post, "Molly Roberts: OK, boomer. The kids are fighting back.," 7 Nov. 2019

This obduracy vitiates Congress’ role in the system of checks and balances, one purpose of which is to restrain rampant presidents. George Will, Twin Cities, "George Will: The best antidote for a bad election is a better election," 29 Sep. 2019

Instead, put money into positive programs — head start, mentoring, teacher training – something that doesn’t vitiate the education process. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, "Letter: Focused students will suffer with SB 419," 17 Sep. 2019

But vitiating dual sovereignty by judicial fiat would reshape America’s legal system in ways that are best left to the political branches. The Editorial Board, WSJ, "A Supreme Court Gamble," 5 Dec. 2018

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