adverse
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U.S. troops are routinely asked to face dangerous and adverse circumstances.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Parrisa Haghirian, professor of international management at the Kyoto University of Advanced Science, agrees that many Japanese companies are too risk adverse to look at AI.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
No detectable adverse effects were found in the treated mice during that period.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Central to that, is putting players in adverse situations in the offseason to get them battle-tested come game day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
From that day on the sense of responsibility, the natural grace, the calm control that Remedios would have in the face of adverse circumstances was revealed.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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