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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

Oil rose amid ongoing Middle East tensions that could exacerbate supply disruptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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

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

Regulation must limit the extent to which profit seeking exacerbates this suffering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Economic warfare exacerbates the trend toward deglobalization or “slow-balization,” with countries re-siting production onshore for reasons of sovereignty, independence and domestic employment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

Greg thinks he helps on busy nights, but really, he only exacerbates the problem.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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

"Between 80 and 85 percent of the water" supplied has to be pumped to get to these households, he said, adding that equipment breakdowns, leaks and drought have exacerbated the problem.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

“This condition has been exacerbated by recent concert performances, leading to problems with hearing, vision and balance,” Joel said in a statement on his Instagram in May 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

"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

Scientists broadly agree that the globalized weather impacts of El Nino stack on top of climate change -- exacerbating rainfall in some places, drought and heat in others.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 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

If he jumped off now, Seabiscuit, obedient to equine instinct to flee pain, would probably tear over the track, exacerbating his injury.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand