affecting
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You need only look at the index’s crypto treasury companies, now affecting all of our retirements, to realize that that isn’t the case.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
ITF figures show 2025 was the worst year on record for abandonment, affecting 6,233 seafarers on 410 ships, with Indian nationals most affected.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
According to the National Institutes of Health, about 6,000 babies are born in the U.S. each year with the condition, affecting about 1 out of every 700 babies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Arrington has been finding old-school ways to better insulate his farm from the problems affecting far-flung supply chains.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
But the technology issues were no longer just in the cockpit, affecting only pilots, they were everywhere.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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