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Scallions and soy sauce arrived because I add them to almost everything, occasionally without proper cause.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
The jury was told experts could not determine the cause of their deaths because of the state of their remains.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
What could cause a low-income year in an otherwise successful career?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The vast majority are mild, although the damage they cause varies according to their location and the depth below the Earth's surface at which they strike.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
No one in Cavendish in 1848, no scientist in America or Europe, has the slightest notion that bacteria cause infection.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
And it’s not just replacing the aging pipelines that causes strain for utilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
While its emissions are lower, drilling and extracting it causes the leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and the main component of natural gas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
This loss of function may be one of the underlying causes of muscle wasting and reduced regeneration in older adults.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The authorities are investigating a number of food-related outbreaks, including several involving cyclospora, a bacteria that causes explosive diarrhea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Zero dwells at the juxtaposition of quantum mechanics and relativity; zero lives where the two theories meet, and zero causes the two theories to clash.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Although uncertainty surrounding the Middle East situation has caused crude prices to rise again, BOJ policymakers believe the risk of a significant downturn in the Japanese economy is low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Her lawyers said the "malicious invasion of Ms. Grande's privacy and disruption of her career have caused her substantial and irreparable harm due to this breach of privacy."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Stripping out the hit caused by camlipixant, GSK said its core operating profit rose seven percent in the second quarter to £2.8 billion.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The strengthening El Niño is arriving on top of an oil-supply shock caused by the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Coal squinted through every one of them and his stomach tightened when he came across skin changes, but those were changes caused by age, trauma, surgery.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
A borrowing binge by big tech companies is causing investor fatigue and pushing up the cost of capital across the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
But if vaccines were causing autism, we should see more cases of autism in vaccinated kids compared to unvaccinated kids, and we’re just not seeing that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Daniel Day's actions triggered an emergency service response and caused road closures when he scaled the Elizabeth Tower in Westminster on 8 March 2025 causing "serious disruption".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The race to build data centres that power artificial intelligence has fuelled a global memory chip shortage while causing business to boom for the companies that produce them.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
A 25-foot wave might overflow the barriers, causing minor flooding and damage.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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