impact
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“With malice towards none, I say all the talk of free bus has an impact, it does have an impact,“ Lieber said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Locals also voiced concerns about how the development might impact the views of the surrounding area, increase traffic and impede access to nearby bridleways and public footpaths.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The environmental and social impact studies required to approve the project have not yet been submitted, the Greenland government has noted.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Messages arrived from around the world, underscoring an impact that extended far beyond Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The impact sends ripples and rainbow-colored feedback through a silent image of Kylo Ren.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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“For years, communities have fought to end the use of paraquat, a weedkiller associated with negative impacts to human health and wildlife,” said California Secretary for Environmental Protection Yana Garcia in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Yellow heat health alerts are in effect for most of England until 21:00 BST on Tuesday, warning of impacts for health and social care services and an increased risk to life for vulnerable people.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“That said, impacts from the Salmonella outbreak could be compounded by several industry food-safety incidents currently continuing to make headlines in the national media,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
McCollum had only heard about the tech park from a neighbor in February 2025—and immediately grew concerned, having already seen reports about big data centers’ impacts in residential Georgia, from water use to noise pollution.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
But the impacts of the Fukushima meltdowns were far less severe than Chernobyl’s.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Transport, irrigation and energy production has been impacted in several European countries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Women's football would be the first to be significantly impacted if Uefa's stance is upheld:
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
BBC Transport correspondent Katy Austin said the disruption caused a "ripple effect", with some trains outside the area directly affected - including the Midlands - impacted.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Every single person I asked said that they were sick, or that they have been impacted negatively,” Hernandez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Did you have a significant effect on the development of some strain of philosophy that profoundly impacted the world?”
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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"I think AI is impacting traditional trades in a way that is actually going to benefit us," King said.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Uber announced 41 layoffs across three San Francisco offices, impacting remote employees as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
WSJ: How are commodity prices impacting your business?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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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