affecting
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Housing was the single biggest driver behind demand accounting for more than 1,000 cases and affecting 474 clients.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
You need only look at the index’s crypto treasury companies, now affecting all of our retirements, to realize that that isn’t the case.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
The IOM said armed attacks were no longer confined to regular hotspots and were now increasingly affecting areas that had previously served as places of refuge, leaving vulnerable people with few safe options.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Roy said she would run the city attorney’s office as L.A.’s “largest public interest law firm,” focusing on tenants’ rights, wage theft and other issues affecting working-class Angelenos.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
“That it seems to be affecting people differently?”Trina asked.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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