effect
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"That created chaos, with police officers running right, running left, and in effect, we got overwhelmed."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
But days later, the US Supreme Court struck down Trump's sweeping tariffs, fuelling uncertainty over when the agreement would take effect.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
It has already set aside $200 million to study AI’s effect on workers, and said the scale of the technology’s progress may call for “bolder approaches.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The optimal range was 5,000 to 7,500 steps daily, after which the effect plateaued.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I just want to complete my original mission. That ripple effect he’s so worried about”—he pointed at JB jeeringly—“pah! You won’t even feel it!”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Notably, the strongest effects appeared when vitamin C was introduced before cancer had become established.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
These effects could provide valuable clues about how matter behaves at the molecular scale, while also offering new opportunities to control quantum systems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
For some cancer patients, the effects of immunotherapy can linger in an unexpected place: their joints.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
However, these benefits can come with unwanted effects.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Hazel moved to the edge of the sidewalk and concentrated on the odd effects of her wraith-poisoned heart.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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It effected the way it was played too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
If the civil-rights revolution was primarily effected by patient application of the laws, “By Any Means” suggests some of its reforms came about via the impatient application of fists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Later on Wednesday, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the president will raise the global tariff to 15% in the coming days "where appropriate" but did not name which countries would be effected.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
The spokesperson urged all those effected by Hurricane Helene to apply for assistance.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
In the case of the Heike crab it was effected more or less unconsciously by the fishermen, and certainly without any serious contemplation by the crabs.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Working with the Rock Liberation Front offers the only clear means for effecting change.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025
That seems downright quaint now; the rip-off they are effecting is at such a bigger scale, and we hardly have time to pay attention to it.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025
Meanwhile Mo Salah is back to his brilliant, unselfish and supportive best and has erased the sort of antics now effecting Luiz Diaz.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023
Ambani, Asia's richest person, has previously said his children Isha, Akash and Anant would have significant roles in the business and that Reliance was "in the process of effecting a momentous leadership transition".
From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2023
Strange that success in effecting an escape should be promoted by the bursting of a boiler—an accident which, had it come alone, would have occasioned terror and dismay.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper
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