affected
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The break occurred on a water main pipe that’s about 8 inches in diameter, Workman said, and affected about 30 customers in the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
“But the market underneath the hood has still been affected by interest rates.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
The worst affected airline has so far been Saudia, the kingdom’s flag carrier and biggest airline, whose aircraft was destroyed in the strike on Thursday last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
On Sunday, Environment Minister Joao Paulo Capobianco flew over the affected areas, sighting hundreds of fires in the middle of the protected forest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
But only red blood cells were affected by the altered genes—not Noel’s neurons or kidneys or liver cells or muscle cells.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The Catcher in the Rye
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