affecting
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You need only look at the index’s crypto treasury companies, now affecting all of our retirements, to realize that that isn’t the case.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
The IOM said armed attacks were no longer confined to regular hotspots and were now increasingly affecting areas that had previously served as places of refuge, leaving vulnerable people with few safe options.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
AI might not be affecting those roles, or reindustrialization policies are boosting hiring in those areas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
He described the pain as "bone rubbing on bone" affecting his mobility, driving and quality of life.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
His culprits are the physical changes in those years affecting East and West Baltimore, the heavily depressed neighborhoods on either side of Baltimore’s downtown, where the syphilis problem was centered.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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