affected

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His death has brought a semblance of closure to some of those affected, surfaced complicated feelings in others, and raised many questions.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

"It's suffocating," the 36-year-old coconut seller told AFP in Chiang Mai, a tourist destination among the areas affected by dangerous pollution levels this week.

From Barron's • 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

How anyone else in their vicinity is affected by their actions is an afterthought.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

He diplomatically asked Goldfarb if he couldn’t use some of the Soros Foundation money, in a pilot project perhaps, to address the question of how MDR affected DOTS.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French