cause
Example Sentences
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King Lear mournfully wonders, “Is there any cause in nature that makes these hard hearts?”
From Los Angeles Times
But this came as the administration received advice from allies in the region—including Saudi Arabia and Israel—not to intervene, arguing that the protests weren’t strong enough to topple the regime and U.S. intervention would cause regional chaos.
From Slate
“Most people expected tariffs would almost immediately within two to three months cause inflation to spike,” said Barclay’s economist Pooja Sriram.
The study shows that petrolatum-based eye ointments can cause a popular glaucoma implant to swell and, in some cases, rupture.
From Science Daily
This material is designed to be flexible, highly biocompatible, and less likely to cause inflammation or scarring inside the eye.
From Science Daily
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