adverse
Example Sentences
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Arteta is not adverse to giving young players a chance, with six youngsters making their debut this season, but there is a difference between getting a taste of first-team football and playing in crunch games.
From BBC
Short-term exposure by inhalation can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue respiratory irritation and other adverse health effects, according to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
From Los Angeles Times
Exports growth likely eased last month from January, partly due to adverse base effects from the Lunar New Year holidays, said DBS’s economics team.
"During other periods of adverse weather the vessels returned to port, rather than massing offshore in these kinds of formations."
From Barron's
However, the deal reduces the impact of adverse price swings should additional supply enter the market in the coming years, helping to justify Lynas’s premium, he says.
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