affecting
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“I can say I’m worried that your current conditions are not affecting just your diabetes, but they’re also affecting your heart and your kidneys.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Batygin and Brown argued that something with a large gravitational pull must be affecting their orbit, and proposed planet nine as a potential explanation.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Fraser Sutherland, the group's coalition manager, said: "Climate change is already affecting people's health and well-being, livelihoods and financial stability in Scotland, with more frequent storms, floods, droughts and wildfires wreaking havoc across the country."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Fundamentally, the city remains in the grips of a housing crisis affecting all of California.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
But as they rode through the streets of the Xi city, it became clear that the same miasma was affecting everyone.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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