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However, honey bees outcompeted all other wild pollinators and based on our findings, future predicted warming in the UK is only likely to further exacerbate interference competition from dominant honey bees.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Billowing smoke has shrouded the state capital Manaus for days, while the El Nino climate phenomenon threatens to exacerbate drought in the Amazon.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

“If this hurricane ends up causing refinery flooding, it would exacerbate an already tight market for refined products, further pushing up prices at the pump,” Molchanov told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

However, “if there are storms forecasted or a high tide coming up, that is when the Kelvin wave could exacerbate damages.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Zeitoun knew not to exacerbate the situation, and assumed that when they were interviewed by a superior, everything would be explained.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

This in turn exacerbates dangers such as flooding.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"That does nothing to resolve conflict; science shows it only exacerbates the conflict."

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Tech companies are borrowing money to fund the development of advanced A.I. systems, for instance, which exacerbates the bond sell-off because investors think A.I.-powered economic growth will keep interest rates higher for longer.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

More recent research suggests that introducing AI only exacerbates vulnerabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

I’m frightened, but I’m not sure what I’m afraid of, which just exacerbates the fear.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

The Octus sale—Permira’s sixth to a strategic buyer this year—seems to defy a challenging private-equity exit landscape exacerbated by higher interest rates and persistent macro volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Once gold broke that support technical, that exacerbated its decline, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The crisis is being exacerbated by what the signatories describe as systematic obstruction of aid and the effects of El Niño, which has reduced rainfall and increased drought across more than half of Sudan.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Indonesia experiences wildfires regularly during its annual dry season, but this year's blazes have been exacerbated by a strong cycle of the El Nino weather phenomenon, which tends to bring drought to the country.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Her wildness seems to have been exacerbated by the death of her brother, Ben, to whom she was very close.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

That will weigh on household purchasing power "at a time when consumption is weakening and rising interest rates are exacerbating France's fiscal difficulties" they said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

"The strong El Niño is making the dry season drier over the fire-prone parts of the country and exacerbating burning -- just as we anticipated it would," he said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Many of the ongoing fires have been burning across Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo since mid-July – underpinned by a so-called Super El Niño that is exacerbating drought conditions.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Climate change is expected to continue exacerbating cases in the years to come, warned Matt Willis, an epidemiologist and former former Marin County public health officer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

A single CFC molecule is about ten thousand times more efficient at exacerbating greenhouse effects than a molecule of carbon dioxide–and carbon dioxide is of course no slouch itself as a greenhouse gas.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson