causes

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Police say the family contacted them after the woman - identified only as Aminah - was buried, suspicious that she had not died of natural causes.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

It boosts temperatures and precipitation and causes flooding and droughts in much of the world.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Over time, this causes the black holes to move closer together and orbit faster.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

“Obviously, the aggression causes rifts, and that reduces the willingness of those who are attacked to cooperate,” Romero said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

It’s never entirely clear on any given day what causes what inside the stock market, but it was pretty clear that, on October 31, Meredith Whitney caused the market in financial stocks to crash.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis