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

"The timing of the Haiti game is causing some challenges, " he laughs.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

In 1867 he seized the mighty New York Central in a fight with its new management by cutting off New York City from all rail traffic to the interior, causing its stock price to collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 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 had a cat once, Sam," Anastasia told him, "when I was younger, before you were born. And Dad was sick for two whole months before we realized it was the cat causing it."

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry