adverse
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World food prices rose in August as adverse weather and supply disruptions in the Middle East and Black Sea regions raised concerns over future supplies, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Stern: He wrote that Bostock supports, not undermines, the court’s conclusion in the latest trans cases, because in Bostock, everyone agreed that adverse actions against the employees was discrimination, right?
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Sources say this 2002 "adverse trace" would "absolutely" have been discoverable on Greer's record.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The researchers also did not observe apparent adverse effects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
I went down a bit of a rabbit hole here; the property has been tied up in a legal dispute since late 2012, and then an additional case was opened in 2018 about adverse possession.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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