impact
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“You think about this generation and where they were during Covid and the impact that that had on their social formation,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The crew was reported safe, while damage and any environmental impact remained unclear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He urged anyone intending to join the protest to "reflect on the impact and distress it will cause on this very significant day, and exercise your right to protest on a different date".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Some see a humanist concerned about AI's impact on society, able to attract the world's best researchers to history-changing projects.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The asteroid’s impact blasted debris high into the atmosphere, creating a blanket of soot that blocked sunlight and caused the planet to cool by a global average of fifteen degrees Fahrenheit.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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“They know the best of what the impacts are on the tens of thousands of folks that live around each of those facilities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Distinguishing between those species could help researchers and land managers better understand and manage future impacts on forestry and agriculture.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Molango said this was far from an issue that only impacts England players, pointing to other recent withdrawals from European teams, including Germany's Kai Havertz, Dutch striker Brian Brobbey and France captain Kylian Mbappe.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The government believes the "impacts and benefits of charging would not be felt equally across the sector and therefore will not introduce charges for overseas visitors", the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The leading early investigator, G. K. Gilbert of Columbia University, modeled the effects of impacts by flinging marbles into pans of oatmeal.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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“By that time, most of the structures in west Altadena had already been impacted by the fire.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
On an earnings call yesterday, the company said it was planning to shrink operations and cut jobs, and that decisions about impacted roles would begin in 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It added all impacted listings were removed and customers offered "relocations, refunds or free cancellations".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Decisions about impacted roles related to this work will begin in calendar year 2027 and beyond," Hill said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
An impacted welter of metal and brickwork and timber so thick that it’s hard to believe twenty men could get through.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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In 2024, McKinley Paper and Packaging Co. permanently closed a plant in Port Angeles, Wash., impacting 193 workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
What are you hearing about the current conditions impacting other companies, like Anthropic or others?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Higher interest rates, rising costs of construction and other issues are impacting the viability and delivery of new housing and big redevelopment projects," says Steve Norris, a director at Lambert Smith Hampton.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
In a statement, Raman spokesperson Liz Garcia said the mayoral candidate also has talked to Sosnick “about proposed hillside development projects, concerns about party houses, and other quality-of-life issues impacting Los Feliz residents.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Maybe for Dad, publishing a book his father would hate was worth it, because of all the people it’s impacting.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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