dependence
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While larger hunting sites offered advantages, they also increased dependence on favorable conditions.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
That changed in 2025, when China imposed export controls on several rare-earth elements and magnets in response to trade tensions with Washington, exposing the extent of Western dependence on Chinese supply chains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Germany moved to end its dependence on Russian energy, a transition made permanent when the Nord Stream pipelines were damaged by sabotage in 2022.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Pashinyan is running on his doctrine of "Real Armenia" - a country at peace with Azerbaijan and integrated into Europe, rather than one defined by territorial ambitions and dependence on Moscow.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
They focus on the North’s chronic food shortages, human rights violations, military provocations, nuclear program, and dependence on China.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Vocabulary lists containing dependence
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Jimmy Carter, Speech from July 15, 1979
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