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The traditional method for establishing cause of death — an autopsy—did not and could not identify any particular substance as the but-for cause of death.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Lockhart concluded that she would "look forward to working with all shades of unionism, elected or not, to advance the cause we love".

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Swedish chain Ica also said "a limited number" of its stores experienced refrigeration problems, but the group could not confirm a cyberattack was the cause.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Eating too much sodium can cause the body to retain additional fluid, increasing the pressure inside blood vessels.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The cavern we’re in shakes—not enough to cause any destruction, but enough to rattle some teeth.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

AI ethicists have dismissed attempts to treat AI systems as autonomous agents as creative ways for the AI labs to skirt accountability for the harm their software causes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The findings therefore should not be interpreted as proof that drinking extremely hot tea directly causes vascular disease.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Despite a round of antivirals, the flare turned into the painful condition Bell’s palsy, a complication that causes muscle weakness and drooping, often in one side of the face.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

Probable causes of their insanity are listed as fright, love, grief, childbirth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

A natural historian should be able to describe the state of the natural world in terms of causes and effects, Darwin reasoned—just as a physicist might describe the motion of a ball in the air.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

He pointed to the Stuxnet virus in 2010, which caused a series of failures in Iran's centrifuge fleet used for uranium enrichment, as a past example.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

These results suggest that the apparent treatment advantage associated with obesity may not be primarily caused by excess body weight.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Nor is there much doubt about what has caused the spike in diesel prices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The second was the San Francisco earthquake, which caused fires that consumed San Francisco’s birth records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

“Yesterday we had a situation at the teatime fashion parade. One of our models arrived late and thus caused a great disruption in the presentation.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

An Ikea Belgium spokeswoman likewise said a cyberattack hit its store in Mons, southwestern Belgium, causing the temperature of freezers to rise suddenly in the early hours of Monday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

The decision catalyzed a re-evaluation of corporate employment practices, too, causing many companies to reassess preference programs that had no basis in law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Instead of moving water, their design allows electrons to travel through a spiral-shaped molecule, causing it to rotate as electrical current passes through.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Eleanor had a cardiac arrest before the collapsed lung was identified and treated, causing an unsurvivable brain injury.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

This took Handsome completely by surprise, causing him to lose his balance again.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el