causes

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The two sides agreed that there needed to be a solution to the "root causes" of the Ukraine conflict, while supporting "the search for a solution through dialogue and negotiations".

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Ebola is caused by a virus and initially causes symptoms similar to the flu, with fever, headache and tiredness.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

At the age of 3, he was diagnosed with leukemia: a cancer that causes the body to produce too many abnormal white blood cells.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“Any energy infrastructure, frankly any infrastructure causes folks who are impacted by it to have a reaction,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

And it is not the relative insubstantiality of her clothing that causes Marco to stare, but the tattoo that snakes across her skin.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern