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complication

[kom-pli-key-shuhn] / ˌkɒm plɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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A complication: Venezuela’s prominent Cisneros family asserts rightful ownership of some of the same oil fields that Pacific Coast is negotiating to operate.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

County announced its first West Nile death of the year — a San Fernando Valley resident who had been hospitalized with a neurological complication caused by a severe infection.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

"Overall, you're talking about 3% of people will get a brain infection complication and 97% of people will have either no symptoms or have this relatively short-lived, albeit unpleasant, severe flu-like phase," he said.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Lambers Heerspink said, "In the finerenone group, 13.9 percent experienced such a complication, compared to 16.9 percent in the placebo group. That amounts to a reduction in risk of approximately 23 percent."

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 2026

After the Armistice he tried frantically to get home but some complication or misunderstanding sent him to Oxford instead.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The complications can eventually be fatal, when not enough oxygen reaches the bloodstream.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The illness is gaining more attention as Clancy's trial approaches the one-month mark, and has opened up a dialogue about the mental health complications that women can experience after giving birth.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

He’d spent a night in a Maine hospital due to complications from a fall and then learned his mother-in-law had died.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Otherwise, it could cause complications if — in a worst-case scenario — the house burned down or the roof blew off in a storm.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Then in 1790, soon after assuming the presidency, he came down with influenza, then raging in New York, and nearly died from pulmonary complications.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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