complicate
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Healthcare costs, inflation and some overlooked expenses could complicate even conservative estimates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Air raid alerts, which sound around the clock and can last hours, complicate repairs, he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Central banks in South Korea, Indonesia and the Philippines will meet as currency movements and higher energy costs complicate their decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Weaker muscles can also complicate recovery from injuries and illnesses and make it harder for the body to regulate blood sugar.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
To complicate matters, on the same day Esperanza went into heat, Pancho Armijo came home with a brown milk goat.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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"The situation significantly complicates navigation in the Black Sea, drives up insurance premiums, and makes maritime traffic extremely difficult," Radev said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Here’s what complicates the monster story, and what Hollywood has failed to illustrate in this movie: I also found a young man failed by nearly every system around him.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
"But it really complicates what is actually a fairly fundamental part of being human, which is that you are warm and you love your children and you put in place some boundaries around them."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
For one, the film has a major twist, which complicates its marketing and makes it difficult to tell audiences what it’s about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
This complicates our main story, the dissemination of the idea of the fact in England.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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With Musk, things just keep getting more complicated and speculative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Peer into one of social media’s dark corners: Family estrangement is one of the most complicated situations to navigate for parents and children alike.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026
This procedure aims to restore a healthier balance of gut microorganisms, but it can be complicated to perform and unpleasant for patients.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
An emotionally complicated dance-pop album about the relationship between power and vulnerability, “Brat” struck a nerve in a weird cultural moment and finally brought Charli the kind of stardom she’d been openly seeking for ages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Maybe it wanted all the complicated social contraptions of whatever temples and markets they’d built.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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They are also challenging to modify genetically and can be damaged during freezing and storage, complicating the production and distribution of cell therapies.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
At your age, the premiums do start to creep up, in addition to medical tests complicating matters.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
In recent years, homeowners, developers and businesses have complained that navigating the Planning Department can be complicating and confusing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Myanmar's civil war often makes the scale of natural disasters hard for humanitarian organisations to judge, as well as complicating relief efforts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The same way taking in Quinby was complicating my life.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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