impact
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On top of that, there’s also the impact of winter storms and hotter ocean temperatures, raising sea levels further.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Plus: The cost of hardening the grid in California’s wildfire country, the Iran war’s impact on carbon emissions and a surprising reversal in the polar vortex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The CEO transition could also impact Nvidia’s relationships with customers and suppliers, most importantly its relationship with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Giles Watts, chair of Dorset CAN said the event's focus was on making "a lasting positive impact" on climate and nature local areas.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
I feel the impact as an arrow hits our mattress.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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The likely impacts of El Niño on winter weather vary across different parts of North America.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Australia's highest court in October blocked the expansion of a coal mine in New South Wales, saying that planning bodies had not properly looked at the local impacts of planet-heating emissions from the coal.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Shykevich, of Check Point, said Iran may be shifting its targets from Israel to the U.S. and Europe because the impacts are bigger there—and the defenses weaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
An affordable appeals process is necessary for residents to fight against projects that could have negative impacts on the surrounding neighborhood, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
But the impacts of the Fukushima meltdowns were far less severe than Chernobyl’s.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Schools, councils and other organisations across Northern Ireland are among those impacted by a global Microsoft outage.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Paraguay's emergency services are among the many sectors impacted by Ueno's implosion.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
While net interest margin of 1.53% fell 2 basis points short of consensus, Strong points out that this was impacted by markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
“People who have been systematically impacted, been arrested and are trying to leave all of those problems behind, this can have a chilling effect on them becoming intervention workers,” Garcia-Leys said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
“Did you have a significant effect on the development of some strain of philosophy that profoundly impacted the world?”
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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Intel says the trends in the PC markets are impacting its total addressable market, with CFO David Zinsner projecting that the PC slowdown will continue at least through the first half of 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The company also pushed back against the narrative that external AI agents could be negatively impacting the company’s ad business.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The notice also said the application had failed to demonstrate the planned rollercoaster testing depot could operate without negatively impacting its neighbours and the planned use had "potential to generate significant noise".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“She’s had a firsthand account into some of the way that the immigration raids are directly impacting our students,” Pérez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Once Abel’s debts and his terrible business decisions started impacting my mother’s credit and her ability to support her sons, she wanted out.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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