cause
Example Sentences
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“We have no information on any cause,” Ferguson said.
And feeling embattled can convince a person that they’re courageous, their cause noble, and their efforts to vanquish their enemies virtuous—even if, in reality, they’re simply a frightened hypocrite, terrorizing others so that they might feel less afraid.
From Slate
It’s still unclear whether this storm will be naughty — with torrential downpours intense enough to cause flooding and mud or debris flows or nice, with gentle rainfall spread out beneficially over a period of days.
From Los Angeles Times
A colder storm could cause snow to accumulate on the Grapevine section of the 5 Freeway — as well as the Tehachapi Pass, which connects Bakersfield to the Mojave Desert.
From Los Angeles Times
But researchers did not consider AI's potential to cause unemployment in the short-term by displacing human workers.
From BBC
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