affect
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Researchers led by the University of Exeter, working with partners in Colombia and the United States, created a new computer model to examine how sea-level rise could affect carbon storage across entire mangrove forests.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
“I don’t expect it to affect him going forward,” Roberts said Thursday afternoon, the day after Ohtani held the Diamondbacks to two hits in six scoreless innings.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
England have no injury concerns and despite the start of the World Cup being so close, Tuchel said the condition of the pitch "will not affect my team selection".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Finally, in the decades to come, one of the biggest issues that will affect inequality and economic well-being across our economy is whether and how we build a clean-energy economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Somehow it seemed as if they couldn’t have got through the day without that, for whatever their mood might be, the last glimpse of that motherly face was sure to affect them like sunshine.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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