affect

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It’s Seyfried who elevates “The Housemaid” from guilty pleasure status, making it an exhilarating enigma at one moment and genuinely affecting the next.

From Salon

The power cuts also affected the operation of Ukraine's three operational nuclear plants, which had to "unload" their capacity following the outage, the energy ministry said.

From Barron's

Severe muscle injury affects only a small percentage of the more than 200 million statin users worldwide.

From Science Daily

A Tyson spokesperson said the company has reverified the work authorizations of employees affected by recent changes in immigration laws and has terminated those no longer permitted to work in the U.S.

From MarketWatch

This is a tricky situation because you signed a pension contract that affects how you may claim Social Security, and that type of contract is not universal.

From MarketWatch