complication
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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
Many people have been put off that idea owing to the perceived complication of wages being paid into that account, and direct debits and the like needing to be moved.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
He had developed a neuroinvasive disease as a complication from contracting West Nile virus.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
The episode is, on its surface, a procedural complication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
His presence was a complication and an embarrassment.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
He’d spent a night in a Maine hospital due to complications from a fall and then learned his mother-in-law had died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 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
A senior Lebanese official said the strikes added awkward complications to the seventh round of U.S.-brokered talks between Israeli and Lebanese diplomats in Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Twenty-four hours is a long labor for a small fourth child. Any complications?"
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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