effect
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Chelsea boss Bompastor "took responsibility" and brought off struggling defender Kadeisha Buchanan 12 minutes in, and it had the desired effect.
From BBC β Nov. 14, 2026
In effect, Greece had been borrowing money to purchase foreign goods.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 14, 2026
“We’re feeling the domino effect in the right direction,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 14, 2026
A smile might brighten your mood, but new research suggests that forcing yourself to smile over and over can have the opposite effect.
From Science Daily β Nov. 14, 2026
He went and found his own psychologist to help him sort out the effect of his syndrome on his wife and children.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The effects of this shortage could be catastrophic, he warned.
From Barron's β Nov. 14, 2026
Dr Khattak said common side effects of weight-loss injections included mild nausea, feeling full more quickly, constipation and tiredness.
From BBC β Nov. 14, 2026
The carefully engineered material made it possible to distinguish the delicate quantum effects from interference caused by imperfections in the graphene.
From Science Daily β Nov. 14, 2026
The effects have been felt by the markets, the White House—and Silicon Valley.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 14, 2026
When it came to Nergal, the desert hybrid had neutralized the effects of the original flower I'd brought back from the Sea of Tiamat, as Ishtar had suspected would happen.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
If the civil-rights revolution was primarily effected by patient application of the laws, “By Any Means” suggests some of its reforms came about via the impatient application of fists.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 3, 2026
The judge said: "The traffic on this occasion was barely crawling and brought to a standstill while the arrests were effected."
From BBC β Oct. 1, 2024
The spokesperson urged all those effected by Hurricane Helene to apply for assistance.
From Salon β Oct. 1, 2024
In the end, Musk dictated the Grant’s terms, and the committee effected those wishes.”
From Los Angeles Times β Jan. 31, 2024
But finally, with a shrug and a worried “Ai, Chihuahua,” he climbed behind the wheel and effected another U-tum.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Working with the Rock Liberation Front offers the only clear means for effecting change.
From Salon β Apr. 4, 2025
That seems downright quaint now; the rip-off they are effecting is at such a bigger scale, and we hardly have time to pay attention to it.
From Slate β Mar. 28, 2025
Toranaga names Blackthorne hatamoto, an honorific indicating high status earned through his courage in effecting Toranaga’s escape.
From New York Times β Mar. 5, 2024
Meanwhile Mo Salah is back to his brilliant, unselfish and supportive best and has erased the sort of antics now effecting Luiz Diaz.
From BBC β Oct. 23, 2023
The table c traverses back and forth past the emery wheel, after the manner of an ordinary iron planing machine, the mechanical parts effecting this motion being placed within the bed upon which c slides.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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