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Financial favouritism can cause jealousy and resentment long into adulthood and, in some cases, even spark legal disputes after a parent dies.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
A storm may be statistically unusual but cause little damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The cause of both Monterey fires remains under investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"Sometimes a tiny, seemingly insignificant cause is enough to trigger a huge and dramatic change," says Prof. Daniel Grumiller from TU Wien.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
This failure was expected to cause disruptions in air travel, banking, industry, electric grids, phone systems, and other critical services necessary for daily living at the turn of the century.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“It causes concern,” said Mike Hamilton, a former high school football and basketball coach who has a son playing football at Chatsworth High.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Together, these disorders affect about 200 million people worldwide and rank among the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes is a job for the World Meteorological Organization, which rotates them out every six years and retires them after a given storm causes too much destruction.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
He competed in 413 duels in 2024-25, ranking him third of all Premier League players aged under 23, but only won 157 of them - suggesting he has the tendency to chase lost causes.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
A movement of an object causes a disturbance of the normal motion of the air molecules near the object.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
The NPS said flooding had caused significant damage in some areas and that trails in the area have been closed.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The flash flood, which began about 2:30 pm on Saturday, was caused by rainfall on the Kaibab Plateau, it said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Although Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth, direct evidence of glacial earthquakes caused by capsizing icebergs there has been elusive.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
A spokesperson for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it hasn’t identified any verified crashes or serious injuries caused by breaking sunroofs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
For a moment, the hat catches an updraft caused by the rush of cars, and it rises.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
While the exact cause of the collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risks of such disasters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Unauthorized distributions can disqualify a plan, causing severe financial consequences, including immediate income taxes and any applicable penalties for employees on their vested balances.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
"Importantly, those biomarkers do not necessarily cause an outcome; when we find a biomarker associated with sooner or later mortality, we don't know that it's causing it," Creevy said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
"We are sorry for the disruption this is causing customers and will continue to provide updates," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
She seemed unaware of the flutter she was causing.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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