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"There's not enough of it, that's the problem."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The recent subdued action in crude belies a bigger problem brewing in refined products such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Heart failure is a serious and growing health problem.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Many of India’s youth face similar epic odds in trying to find good jobs, a challenge that is becoming a growing political and economic problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
He seemed to have forgotten me and my particular problem.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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After health problems forced my eldest sister into a nursing home recently, I thought about what I could do to make her feel more settled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Families have reported food shortages, problems with drinking water, broken showers and laundry facilities and growing psychological strain among the roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Researchers found that people who had been taking digoxin and then had to stop experienced significantly more problems during the first six weeks compared with people who had never taken the drug.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
"In serious cases, too much water in the formula may lead to more immediate health problems because a baby's body is not able to safely process the excess water."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It was an enormous task, made much worse by the fact that each of the six reactors had risk factors that could cause unique problems.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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