impact
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"Extreme weather is now the new normal – and without action, the impact on the people of this country will be unimaginably grave," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Executives said the change is having a positive impact on the company’s financial results.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Is it going to impact the people that work there right now?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Space-trackers like Bill Gray knew it would be tough to observe evidence of the impact from Earth.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Jonathan turned his head enough to peer out; he saw the redwood branches quivering from the impact.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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“Tariff impacts and the Middle East conflict continued to be mentioned by respondents, but much less frequently than in prior reports,” said Steve Miller, chair of the ISM Services Business Survey Committee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Robin Milton a livestock farmer on Exmoor said: "From my own perspective I'm quite ambivalent. There's no direct impacts on me on the moment. But there's been problems reported."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Buried in Oz’s announcement were the real impacts on enrollees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Extensive peer-reviewed science has used sophisticated techniques to quantify the impacts of pollution reductions and account for related uncertainty.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026
Our soundscapes have tremendous physical and cognitive impacts on us.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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To restore goodwill, Bilt said it would deposit 2,500 Bilt rewards points to affected customers for their inconvenience, and offered to work directly with those impacted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The governor declared a state of emergency in the first days of the disaster, sending thousands of N95 masks and air purifiers to Boyle Heights aimed at helping residents impacted by the unhealthy conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Core inflation away from the fast-moving segments that are impacted by energy have been very quiescent, and I think we are going to continue to see that,” Bessent said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
He added: "Given the event's profile, which as anticipated, resulted in an approximate $30m loss, our margins at UFC as well as on a consolidated basis were meaningfully impacted."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Rather than normal meal kits, most of the food was cubed protein bar material, which would still be edible even if Iris failed to deploy its tumble balloons and impacted at incredible speed.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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The heatwave impacting parts of the UK this week continues into Tuesday with a risk of thunderstorms in some parts.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
"But we've really got to think about the fact that our water usage is directly impacting the flow in our rivers and directly impacting fish and other wildlife's survival."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Some buyers are hesitant to shop around because they’re worried about multiple “hard” credit pulls impacting their credit ratings.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Overall, we expect investors will worry about the component cost impact on margins along with the mix impact i.e. lower U.S. revenue impacting margins into 2H.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Once Abel’s debts and his terrible business decisions started impacting my mother’s credit and her ability to support her sons, she wanted out.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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