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Scallions and soy sauce arrived because I add them to almost everything, occasionally without proper cause.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
KWS says there is currently no evidence pointing to a single cause of death.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
What could cause a low-income year in an otherwise successful career?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Hundreds of earthquakes strike Japan every year, but the vast majority cause little damage.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The boy thought of asking his aunt to make another portion of rubber chicken so he and Maya-Jade could cause more trouble.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
What matters is a safety standard that causes a dangerous capability to stay absent under adversarial testing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
And it’s not just replacing the aging pipelines that causes strain for utilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
While its emissions are lower, drilling and extracting it causes the leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and the main component of natural gas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
This loss of function may be one of the underlying causes of muscle wasting and reduced regeneration in older adults.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The second edition of Of Natural Magic had been worked through carefully to remove possible causes of offence.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Although uncertainty surrounding the Middle East situation has caused crude prices to rise again, BOJ policymakers believe the risk of a significant downturn in the Japanese economy is low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The quake caused power outages, damaged roads, brought down part of a castle wall, and destroyed a footbridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Stripping out the hit caused by camlipixant, GSK said its core operating profit rose seven percent in the second quarter to £2.8 billion.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The strengthening El Niño is arriving on top of an oil-supply shock caused by the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
What if the earthquake caused the redwood to move again?
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
The report said there is not one factor causing the crisis, with a "perfect storm" of the jobs market, spending on education and the Covid pandemic being some of the reasons highlighted.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
But if vaccines were causing autism, we should see more cases of autism in vaccinated kids compared to unvaccinated kids, and we’re just not seeing that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
At that construction site, two columns buckled, placing the high rise at risk of partial collapse and causing nine neighboring buildings to shut down temporarily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The race to build data centres that power artificial intelligence has fuelled a global memory chip shortage while causing business to boom for the companies that produce them.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
He even grinned, causing Trey’s head to swivel between us in confusion.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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