causes

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Plus, the destruction of the environment causes viruses to spill over from animal hosts into us.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

“We are sticking with 20% odds of a recession that causes a bear market,” he notes.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Some of them chose to give away the rest, putting their remaining shares in donor-advised funds—charitable investment accounts that commit money for philanthropic causes while also allowing donors to claim tax deductions for that year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

In the small village of Asasa, near Jenin in the West Bank, from which the family patriarch took his name, Hussein had been a highly regarded figure before his death last Friday from natural causes.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Another Nuer technique was to tie a ring of thorns around a calf’s mouth, so that it pricks the mother and causes her to resist suckling.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari