adverse
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Inspectors also raised concerns that serious adverse event reviews had not been commissioned in response to some safety incidents, including where mothers had ended up in intensive care.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
There were no new safety signals, though about 41% of patients who received the ivonescimab-chemo combo reported adverse events.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
"New Zealand faces the most adverse and contested geostrategic environment in the past 80 years," she said.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Still, every important action in politics can cause adverse consequences.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Regina, ever irrepressible and somehow aware of the adverse weather, shipped a pair of galoshes to her son and admonished herself for not insisting that he take his leather coat when he left the States.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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