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[kawz] / kɔz /




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AI executives have said government support would help such a move by giving the companies assurance that coordination wouldn’t violate antitrust rules or cause other problems.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Ectopic pregnancies, while rare, have long been recognized as the leading cause of maternal deaths in the first trimester.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

In rural areas, if a tree falls onto the power lines, it can cause a blackout for one village, sometimes several, because there is no backup.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

As the legal wheels have been turning in the background, those campaigning to free Letby have redoubled their efforts, with protests and websites dedicated to her cause.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Propaganda uses misleading, biased, or exaggerated information to promote a political cause.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

As the area struggles, Murillo, a college graduate who years ago felt motivated enough to door-knock for political causes, is among those who have become disillusioned.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

The embryo grows until it causes the organ to rupture, triggering catastrophic bleeding.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Importantly, integrating Claude into Salesforce’s platform causes Salesforce to cede control of its user interface layer in some ways; the company must give up control of where users access Salesforce data from, for instance.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

That principle undergirds Mr. Van de Ven’s sweeping “Blood Dawn,” a view of World War II—its causes, battles and consequences—as seen from Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Without it, Richard Doll would not have been able to prove, in 1950, that smoking causes lung cancer.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In two separate mouse models genetically prone to developing spontaneous colitis, dietary oxalate also caused the disease to appear sooner and become more severe.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Then, about 15 years ago, legislators changed sentencing laws in ways that caused the prison population to drop, and the prisons started going away.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

When he began practicing urology in the 1980s, the common misunderstanding was that testosterone injections caused prostate cancer, further suppressing research and treatment of testosterone deficiency.

From Slate Sep. 13, 2026

OSA is caused by a blocked airway, so a patient may grind their teeth to move the blockage in order to be able to breathe again.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Unlike the larger earthquakes, where scientists had a single, generally accepted theory about what was happening far below the surface, there were several theories about what caused harmonic tremors.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

This is a more aggressive form of the condition in which scar tissue builds up, causing parts of the intestine to narrow.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

But an even larger problem involved the materials themselves: Two chemicals used in the liner were incompatible, causing the upper layer to become hot enough to damage the material beneath it.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

DHS said the post depicted Harjinder Singh, an Indian truck driver accused of causing a fatal crash last year that left three people dead after his 18-wheeler collided with their minivan in Florida.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

But it's not just the potential threat to the Bab al-Mandab that's causing fear in Saudi Arabia.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

“This is a disaster. I’m a disaster. I’m probably causing the end of the world, like, right now. But I couldn’t help it. Shale goaded me. And it’s 1999! The best year!”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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