complicate
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Still, the market’s sharp swings on Wednesday and Thursday underscored how quickly inflation and interest-rate concerns can complicate the bullish case for financials, he noted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
"The convergence of insecurity, population displacement and mobility, and cross-border movements complicate response operations and increase the risk of further geographical spread," the WHO said.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Despite your significant assets, your estate has been organized to not complicate matters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Memory, desire and moral evasion all complicate the inquiry: It’s pointless, Sammy suggests, “to say that each consciousness is a whole world because each consciousness is a dozen worlds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
When African Americans began to exercise their right to vote in the 1970s, there was deep concern among some prosecutors and judges about how the racial demographics in some counties would complicate their reelections.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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This allowed the team to remove much of the environmental variation that complicates cancer studies involving humans.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Oil’s retreat below $80 a barrel may be good news for consumers, but it complicates the outlook for packaged-food companies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The volatility of Ireland’s GDP complicates eurozone forecasts; the ECB’s 2026 projection did not include Ireland’s revised Q1 data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
That complicates companies’ calculations about where to invest and source inputs even further.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
“Having her on the loose certainly complicates the situation. Whether my assistance can compensate for her interference remains to be seen.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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Connecting Lafarge’s conduct to the terrorist-attack injuries is more complicated, raising questions on whom the Justice Department views as a victim, when its payouts have been in the spotlight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Damon is the simplest and most reliable vehicle to tell us about a complicated man, as the highly lauded translator Emily Wilson describes Odysseus.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Requesting anonymity to comment on an ongoing investigation, the security official called the case "complicated and confusing", but that authorities would eventually announce who had launched the strike.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
However, new observations of a dramatic outburst led by Warwick Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Noel Castro Segura reveal a far more complicated feeding process.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
What could be so complicated that he kept me from my mom?
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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Global conflict is complicating Saudi Arabia’s ability to ship its oil through its usual channels.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The unpredictability of the fire is complicating the work of emergency responders.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Majerus-Collins added, however, that there are some complicating factors in the race as well.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Further complicating matters is the threat that the El Nino weather phenomenon poses to food supplies, and the persistent uncertainty around U.S. tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
I went over and over my life to this point, complicating the threads with my fingers, knotting everything.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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