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But decades of over-use, coupled with years of drought, have put crippling strain on a watercourse whose management has always been based on an over-allocation of available resources.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
That has led to fall in supply which coupled with steady consumer demand has seen prices rise.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s about soaring national debts, coupled with a refusal to admit that there is any limit to the amount that can be borrowed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by warmer ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific, coupled with changing atmospheric conditions, in which the typical east-to-west trade winds weaken or even reverse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Atlanta is ours and fairly won,” was Sherman’s message to Mr. Lincoln, and that, coupled with the news from Mobile, sent the North into paeans of thanksgiving.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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