complication
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For farmers, the war offers yet another brutal complication to an already uncertain situation.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
U.S. doctors are getting the word out about how to spot a rare measles complication that had been a relic of the past: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
"The complication, however, is that the tent may now be so big that there isn't a lot of ideological coherence in it."
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Sanctions add another layer of complication, lawyers said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
The complication was caused not only by the Talmud text itself, which seemed filled with gaps, but by the commentaries that struggled to explain it.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Vocabulary lists containing complication
Reading: Literature - Fiction - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Fiction - High School
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