affected
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A rising pension age also led to employment rates among affected age groups increasing by 10 percentage points, driven primarily by workers staying in their jobs for longer.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
"It's suffocating," the 36-year-old coconut seller told AFP in Chiang Mai, a tourist destination among the areas affected by dangerous pollution levels this week.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
What’s also true is that 21st century markets can be affected by speculators’ attention, much as wheat crops can be affected by the attention of locust swarms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
How anyone else in their vicinity is affected by their actions is an afterthought.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
“Never before has the way of the five-fingered affected us so,” Nathan heard Darkness whisper to itself.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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