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The "divergent positions" of the other shareholders -- Britain's Shell, which wants to sell its 37.5-percent stake, and Italy's Eni, which owns eight percent -- "complicate the colossal investments" needed for the transition, Schairer said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Rules governing how lawful information gets recommended or delivered can raise real constitutional questions—even granting that minors’ rights and parental authority complicate the picture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Supreme Court and further complicate efforts by seven Western states to agree on how to share water from the shrinking river and its reservoirs, which have fallen to record low levels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Still, the market’s sharp swings on Wednesday and Thursday underscored how quickly inflation and interest-rate concerns can complicate the bullish case for financials, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026

To complicate matters, one of the Soviets leaked to the press that if Fischer failed to come for the second game, Spassky would probably return to Moscow.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The declining value of the yen complicates things, but the bottom line is that there is a change afoot in the global flow of money.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

That finding complicates competing ideas about how the LCA traveled through forest environments.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

His unpredictability complicates Prime Minister Mark Carney’s negotiating stance, but he also provides a useful foil, a kind of bad cop for which Carney can offer his more measured good cop approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

What complicates and darkens the picture from Andromeda’s perspective is that a significant chunk of AI credit is concentrated in private markets.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

“Yeah, but this further complicates our complicated lives.”

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

Companies say they are committing to paying for these upgrades, and the Trump administration is pressuring them to fully cover those costs, but it remains to be seen how these complicated deals will play out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“You can’t debate it in the newspaper,” Joseph was quoted as saying, acknowledging that insurance can be technical and complicated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

To unpack the other complicated details of this case’s non-ending, I spoke with Effie Blassberger, trial attorney at Clayman Rosenberg Kirshner & Linder who focuses on MeToo litigation, alongside white collar criminal defense.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Because only a limited number of suitable transcription factors are available, there is a practical ceiling on how complicated a circuit can become inside a single cell.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

What’s strange and complicated about it, however, is that pretty much all the important people on both sides of the gamble left the table rich.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Regardless of our profiles, caring for our furry family members is complicating our budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Supply-chain constraints with memory chips and Apple’s custom silicon are further complicating Apple’s roadmap.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Elsewhere, the ground had turned into slushy mud, slowing movement and complicating operations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

For girls, however, there is an additional complicating layer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Now, somehow, the same innovative spirit was being put to the opposite purpose: to hide the risk by complicating it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis