complicate
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Would keeping the CDs in place make the estate process simpler, or complicate things?
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Benjamin Boisson, a fruit grower in southern France, said worried the extreme fluctuation in temperature would cause a sharp drop in production, as well as complicate storage.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Were China to lower its trade with Russia, considering the breakdown of relations with the West, it would significantly complicate Russia's foreign policy objectives.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
On the sad and evocative ballad “Loneliest Girl,” she uses small pauses for rhythmic emphasis to foreground rhymes that complicate the action with each occurrence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
It would, however, complicate her marriage with Howard, in which time spent apart was already measured in weeks or months rather than days.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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