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Metal mining is energy-intensive, and conventional estimates for its carbon footprint attribute most of its emissions to heavy equipment on-site, as well as diesel transport required to haul ore away.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

According to the report, scientists can now attribute particular extreme, heat, and rainfall events with a high degree of confidence to man-caused climate change, and wildfires, droughts and tropical cyclones with moderate confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

"I suppose people attribute the more coercive and economically less helpful policies to Xi personally but associate more positive elements, such as technological advances, to China more broadly."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Plenty of members of bookish communities attribute it to plain old greed, but there’s also something more: influencer brain.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

But in Pretoria he was a bit sensitive and testy, and I attribute this to Stephen Tefu.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Apollo attributes that weakness to rich offering valuations, higher interest rates and a public market increasingly dominated by a handful of profitable megacapitalization companies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

He only played 229 minutes in 2025-26 but Iraola has spoken glowingly about his attributes, not least his confidence on the ball and his desire to go direct.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Zhang attributes biking's popularity in the city to the prevalence of manufacturers, the rugged terrain, and bad traffic.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Salata attributes the PE momentum in Japan to a “mindset shift in Japanese corporate boardrooms, almost like a changing of the guard.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Obviously, the environment or the milieu that surrounds an organism contributes to its physical attributes.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The drop has been attributed to fewer people arriving from outside the EU for work and study.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Even though neither setback can be attributed solely to the World Cup, both underline the physical demands being placed on players in an increasingly crowded football calendar.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Weakness in SK Hynix shares can be attributed to excessive leverage by retail investors, fears of Chinese competition and a failure to live up to aggressive expectations but some analysts remain bullish.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Growth was attributed to expanding investments in AI infrastructure as the technology evolves into more complex forms requiring more high-bandwidth memory capacity.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

The present war might be attributed to Mordred, or to himself.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

“The money lies in the RBIs,” Kent said while attributing that quote to Lasorda during his speech.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

In San Francisco, pending sales of luxury homes rose nearly 46% year over year, Redfin said, attributing the increase to the boom in artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

RAD filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, attributing its problems to publicity around the state investigation into the business and other “regulatory matters,” according to petition documents.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

Barbabella noted the bruising as consistent with “minor soft tissue irritation,” attributing it to “frequent handshaking” and the “benign effect of aspirin therapy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

She must be attributing the change in her vision to some maneuver of the tracker’s rather than a betrayal by me.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer