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For lawyer and activist Arif Ali Cangi, the legislation approved in July, which allows companies to expropriate or rezone agricultural land for mining, will only aggravate the situation.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

Higher oil prices, which are already hitting gas stations, airfares and shipping costs, could aggravate all three.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

And people do leave, including the ones Lemon seems to aggravate the most.

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026

They can also aggravate conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, according to a paper published in Environmental Health Perspectives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

“I got six pins in my knee. Is this thing gonna aggravate me?”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

NOx is a smog-forming pollutant that aggravates respiratory illnesses, especially asthma, forms acid rain and contributes to nutrient pollution in coastal waters.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The document asks all the right questions and reaches all the wrong conclusions—the way a doctor might correctly identify symptoms and then prescribe a remedy that aggravates the disease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

"The worst time for me is when we're driving in the autumn and the sun is low and the sun is flickering through the trees...it really aggravates," says Dr Munro.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025

Padgett prays daily to help him manage the pain of his third bout of cancer and the multiple herniated disks that sleeping on the ground aggravates.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025

This aggravates his father no end, and several other adults have made nasty remarks about it too.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Roberts said he didn’t believe any specific incident Wednesday aggravated Ohtani’s knee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Individuals who are found to have committed two or more aggravated breaches on separate occasions may face a suspension in excess of 12 matches or time-based suspensions of any duration in "very serious cases".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Renault will face a criminal trial in France on aggravated fraud charges over accusations that devices in its diesel cars were designed to cheat clean air laws, the public prosecutor's office told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

It’s a promising sign for a pitcher who twice had to shut down throwing early in his rehab when he aggravated the injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

For nearly one week, the two top experts in the field had aggravated the situation with useless tests.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

He is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 19 and faces up to 181 years to life in prison due to previous convictions and aggravating factors in the case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

If central banks cut interest rates to boost growth during a period of stagflation they run the risk of further aggravating inflation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

The Fifa disciplinary committee takes into account "both aggravating and mitigating circumstances", and it has the power to enforce the ban globally.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Midtown felt like a party, even as the Secret Service closed off chunks of 7th and 8th avenue and warned of aggravating security lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

"See, like this. I'm smiling at you even though you're aggravating me."

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins