affecting

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Widespread blackouts and fuel shortages cause high prices for food and a lack of water, severely affecting daily life for Cubans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Last year was the UK's warmest year on record, with drought and low water levels affecting much of the country.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

In real experiments, however, the value shifts slightly because other particles briefly appear and disappear in empty space, subtly affecting the muon's behavior.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

I would read his autobiography all the time and his whole thing was affecting the music, affecting the listener, really approaching it to challenge the listener as well as challenging yourself.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

During the next few years its success in Italy was matched by the successful control of lice affecting some two million people in Japan and Korea in the winter of 1945-46.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson