adverse

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Gourinchas said the breakdown of U.S.-Iran negotiations in Pakistan over the weekend lifted the risk of the adverse or severe scenarios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

He reasoned that the FDA didn’t have adequate data about adverse events or the safety of telehealth when writing the current rules on mifepristone.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

What I said then is that unless you help people move from the jobs that were being destroyed to new jobs, there is no way that trade liberalization wouldn’t have adverse effects.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

There are big challenges in each chapter of life, and those can be exacerbated by adverse economic events.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The picketers, whom the suffragists proudly regarded as “silent sentinels,” remained at their posts through snow, rain, sleet, and all other types of adverse weather.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler