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The NIE's powercheck shows the villages of Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, and Seaforde, County Down, as being the worst affected.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Cyclone Ditwah, the worst disaster since the 2004 Asian tsunami, killed 641 people and affected almost the entire country late last year.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Using functional ultrasound imaging and electrical recordings, the researchers identified the mediodorsal thalamus as the brain region most affected by the mutation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

What’s also true is that 21st century markets can be affected by speculators’ attention, much as wheat crops can be affected by the attention of locust swarms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

At Hampden she was thought something of a beauty but I loathed her lolloping, spaniel-like walk and her little-girl voice—very affected, it seemed to me—which degenerated frequently into a whine.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt