exacerbating

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Exacerbating investors’ action bias wouldn’t be so dangerous to your wealth if investing was a pursuit in which doing something — anything — is better than doing nothing.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Exacerbating the hazardous conditions, humidity levels remain low.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

Exacerbating the reef's plight are unusually warm seas experienced over the summer, which fuelled widespread coral bleaching across the Caribbean.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2023

Exacerbating worries over higher-for-longer interest rates, benchmark Treasury yields brushed against the 5% level.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2023

Exacerbating these conflicts were tensions among the subject peoples of the Romanov, Hapsburg and Ottoman empires.

From Century of Light by Baha'i International Community