impact
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The company confirmed its full-year outlook, which it said excludes the impact of potential new U.S. tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"We recognise the significant impact this will have on our employees, performers, venues, suppliers and other creditors, and we are sincerely sorry to all those affected," they said.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“I would refer to him as my father in football, but that would probably be diminishing the impact he’s had on my life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The government is yet to estimate the potential loss to Sri Lanka's economy from the effects of El Nino, but has set up a ministerial task force to mitigate its impact.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
He brought together representatives from multinational drug companies, independent middlemen and distributors, nonprofit organizations—almost anyone who might have an impact on drug pricing.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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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
I’d love to do original work that resonates with people and impacts them in unique ways.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The alerts warn that significant impacts are likely across health and social care services due to the high temperatures, including a rise in deaths, particularly among vulnerable people.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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
When an object impacts the Moon at high speed, it sets the Moon slightly wobbling.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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“The company’s sales performance for the period was significantly impacted by the market downturn in China,” Volvo Car said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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,” he 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
Still, he emphasized that Head Start centers might not be impacted for months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
And at the same moment, Celia remains certain, something was put in motion that impacted the entire circus and everyone within it once that fire was lit.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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
Meanwhile, U.S. fertilizer companies are competing with China’s bottomless checkbook, impacting investor upside.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
“The Lineage fire exposed long-standing environmental injustices impacting Boyle Heights in East L.A. and other areas,” said school board member Rocío Rivas, who represents the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
In May, Meta settled for an undisclosed amount with a school district that had sued it for negatively impacting students, so much so that schools incurred costs related to student welfare.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The erosion in interstellar space—chiefly cosmic rays and impacting dust grains—is so slow that the information on the record will last a billion years.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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