causing

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Jonathan Haidt had a moment last year with his book “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Causing a wildfire is a criminal offence in Spain, even if accidental.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” has become a handbook for the phones-free schools movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024

Causing serious injury, by contrast, could lead to a negligence claim, and a substantial award of damages, in favor of the injured plaintiff.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2024

“At camp, they said a descendant of Neptune had caused the disaster. Neptune is the god of earthquakes. But... but I don’t think great-grandfather actually did it. Causing earthquakes isn’t pur gift.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan