causes

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The two sides agreed that there needed to be a solution to the "root causes" of the Ukraine conflict, while supporting "the search for a solution through dialogue and negotiations".

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Salem acknowledged there is still a stigma in the workplace which causes many women, especially those early on in their careers, to feel fear around sharing their struggles.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

At the age of 3, he was diagnosed with leukemia: a cancer that causes the body to produce too many abnormal white blood cells.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“Any energy infrastructure, frankly any infrastructure causes folks who are impacted by it to have a reaction,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Burnet’s argument was met with widespread horror; as Herbert Croft, the bishop of Hereford, put it, ‘This way of philosophizing all from natural causes, I fear, will make the whole world turn scoffers.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton