affected

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The data breach affected nearly 7 million people across the country, including more than 850,000 Californians, according to a release from Atty.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

By showing that caffeine can restore specific neural pathways affected by sleep deprivation, the study provides new insight into potential targeted approaches for addressing cognitive decline.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Here, BBC Sport looks how each club was affected and lists every mistake at the end of the article.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

But at that moment, he was far more concerned with goings-on 4,000 miles away that affected Arsenal, the storied North London soccer club that had been in his portfolio for nearly two decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The Doctrine of Discovery influenced the policies of the young United States and directly affected the lives and the very existence of Native people.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz