influence
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For the first time, researchers say they can more reliably predict how nitrogen pollution will influence soil respiration across the planet.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
"Fuelled by unusually warm ocean waters in the tropical Pacific, El Nino conditions are developing and are set to influence global temperature and rainfall patterns," the United Nations' WMO weather and climate agency said.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Set two years before the original film, “Alien: Earth” mostly unfolds on our home planet, which has been carved into five giant tech companies’ spheres of influence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Bhatia said India has three broad interests in Myanmar: stability along its north-eastern frontier, the success of its Act East policy and managing the strategic implications of China's growing influence in the country.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
“But Mr. Mason seems a man easily led. Your influence, sir, is evidently potent with him: he will never set you at defiance or wilfully injure you.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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