influences

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Jake’s his own person, he’s got his own influences, and we just kind of stick with that idea.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Professor of Biomolecular Medicine Jon Swann explores the relationship between your gut and your brain, and how the gut influences your health, your mood - and potentially even the way you think.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Brontë subjects her characters to the competing influences of the two houses; those who venture too close to the Heights—such as Catherine’s daughter, years later—get sucked into the abject darkness within.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Such studies could help clinical geneticists better understand inherited diseases and reveal how environmental influences, including diet, may affect epigenetic inheritance across generations.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Over the centuries that followed, there were two key influences on the way rhetoric developed: Christianity and the written word.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith