compounds
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Prosecuting barrister Nicholas Lobbenberg KC said Digwa had a "weapons obsession", adding that his depiction to police of Nowak as a "racist, drunk, violent aggressor compounds the natural grief and loss of the deceased's family".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
A 1% annual fee charged by human advisers compounds painfully over decades.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Others focus on exploring values or on navigating the dynamics of a family-owned business, cloistering the kids in hotel conference rooms or Aspen compounds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
It combined the retinoic acid structure with a methyl ester side chain and showed threefold higher neuronal differentiation activity than the control, along with significantly stronger activity than natural vitamin K compounds.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
It was used in heavy industry to render other compounds like refined gasoline or polyvinyl chloride for plastic pipe production.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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