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[kawz] / kɔz /




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As the moon travels around Uranus, gravitational forces repeatedly stretch and squeeze it, potentially placing enough stress on the surface to cause large fractures.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

No cause of death was given, but the musician had been candid about his battle with cancer in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

For people of all ages, flu has become a more common cause of death in America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Dr Edward Sheffield, who performed an additional post-mortem examination on Kitchen's body in Bristol, said his cause of death had been cardiac failure due to coronary artery atheroma and the physiological effects of turbulence.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Even so, she promised herself that she would not read so much as a paragraph within an hour of her bedtime, for it seemed the kind of tale that was likely to cause bad dreams.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Instead of merely blocking a protein's activity, this method causes the cell to eliminate the protein altogether.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

I have aphantasia, this brain condition that causes me not to be able to imagine anything visually.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

We have a decentralized election system that causes a lot of problems.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

But she said problems appear on Google Maps now and again but she did not know what causes them.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Their vocabulary of appearances, predictions and causes is perfectly adequate for the task.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Ahead of agreeing to expand the review to cases dating back to 2015, members of the trust's board offered "sincere" apologies for the failings and harm caused.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

It values economic ties with America, and as the world’s largest energy importer, China suffers if the oil shock caused by the conflict drags on, political analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Search engines and AI rely on web scraping and frequency of mentions, and the sheer volume of his fake posts caused AI to mistakenly identify him as an NFL wide receiver.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Their analysis showed that the longer melt season was caused mainly by later autumn freeze up, rather than by a large shift toward much earlier spring melting.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

My head pounded with the thought of the trouble that would’ve caused.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“And it’s probably causing the market to be a little bit more discouraged that we have got a grip,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

"But the fear is also felt by employers as well because they're afraid of causing offence or creating a complaint or a grievance," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Garces Perez says the agents twice sideswiped his Toyota Corolla, causing damage, before their unmarked SUVs turned on their lights and sirens.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Mindful of the need to keep the public informed without causing unnecessary alarm, YVO responds cautiously.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

I asked, the anger within me growing as it devoured the hurt and the pain the knowledge was causing.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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