complication
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An additional complication is that the outbreak is taking place in a conflict zone, with a quarter of million people displaced from their homes and people moving across porous borders into neighbouring countries.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
This is the second serious complication for Foundayo, with 34 adverse events tracked; its label warns against severe hepatic impairment.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
For farmers, the war offers yet another brutal complication to an already uncertain situation.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
The runway’s red entrance lights may have also been a complication.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Another complication is the kind of sentence that can go either way: Basil dislikes that woman’s wearing shorts.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Vocabulary lists containing complication
Reading: Literature - Fiction - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Fiction - High School
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