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Healthcare costs, inflation and some overlooked expenses could complicate even conservative estimates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Air raid alerts, which sound around the clock and can last hours, complicate repairs, he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Weaker muscles can also complicate recovery from injuries and illnesses and make it harder for the body to regulate blood sugar.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Pike's lawyers had warned before the execution attempt that she has small veins and thrombocytosis, a blood-clotting condition that would complicate the procedure.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Sometimes correlated quantities are causally related, but other “confounding” factors complicate and obscure the causal relations.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

In Greece, his dual citizenship complicates efforts by authorities to extradite him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"The situation significantly complicates navigation in the Black Sea, drives up insurance premiums, and makes maritime traffic extremely difficult," Radev said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Here’s what complicates the monster story, and what Hollywood has failed to illustrate in this movie: I also found a young man failed by nearly every system around him.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

The looming punishment certainly complicates City's plans in the transfer market.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Marin. I'm just asking you to think about it. I'm not saying you have to make some huge decision or fall in love or do anything that complicates your life."

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour

Those early skills help children approach more complicated challenges as they grow older, such as learning to read and solving math problems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Fixing the RealReal’s model meant focusing on the unit economics of the complicated business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Peer into one of social media’s dark corners: Family estrangement is one of the most complicated situations to navigate for parents and children alike.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

The findings, published in Geophysical Research Letters, reveal that the volcano's underground magma system may be considerably more complicated than previously understood.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Mom managed other people’s money, doing complicated calculations to figure out how much they owed the government.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

They are also challenging to modify genetically and can be damaged during freezing and storage, complicating the production and distribution of cell therapies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Establishing responsibility is challenging because it requires authorities to share maps pinpointing fire hotspots, with overlapping land claims further complicating matters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

At your age, the premiums do start to creep up, in addition to medical tests complicating matters.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

In recent years, homeowners, developers and businesses have complained that navigating the Planning Department can be complicating and confusing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The accounting procedures used to measure these assets are frequently quite artificial, and there are other complicating factors which are obvious with a little thought.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos