causing

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As a general rule, the individual components of quantum machines become increasingly unruly as they grow larger, causing error rates to spike.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Intermittent power in some areas returns for as little as 45 minutes a day, causing food to spoil in the scorching heat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

It works by engineering a civil war within the immune system – to get one part to destroy the part causing disease.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Over time, tidal forces synchronize the planet's rotation with its orbit, causing one rotation to take the same amount of time as one trip around its star.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 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