complication
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The car's limitations were obvious, but the incident added another unnecessary complication to a poor result.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Lambers Heerspink said, "In the finerenone group, 13.9 percent experienced such a complication, compared to 16.9 percent in the placebo group. That amounts to a reduction in risk of approximately 23 percent."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
He had developed a neuroinvasive disease as a complication from contracting West Nile virus.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
The deal focuses on Memo’s experimental drug potravitug for the treatment of nephropathy associated with BK polyomavirus, a complication in kidney transplant recipients, Ipsen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The complication was caused not only by the Talmud text itself, which seemed filled with gaps, but by the commentaries that struggled to explain it.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
In 2023, her younger brother and only sibling, Jansen Panettiere, died of heart complications.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Yet pregnant women who get sick with Covid are likelier to experience severe illness, including “increased risk of complications that can affect your health and the health of your baby.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Hussein Zaaiter, 21 from West London was using a free software trial for his university work and says when he tried to cancel he faced several complications.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Otherwise, it could cause complications if — in a worst-case scenario — the house burned down or the roof blew off in a storm.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
“O.K. O.K. I’m insane, too. I’ll go along with you. Besides some of the complications are getting interesting, even though some are dull. How will you disguise your handwriting?”
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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