effects
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The Los Angeles County medical examiner said the cause of death stemmed from the combined effects of physical exertion, environmental heat exposure, blunt trauma and COVID-19 infection.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Shane Dorsett, chief operating officer at The Felix Project, said the food redistribution charity was feeling the effects of higher energy and fuel prices because of the conflict in the Middle East.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Villeda believes these findings could pave the way for treatments that target FTL1 and counter its effects in the brain.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
In the oil shock of 1973-74 caused by the Arab oil embargo, the Federal Reserve is generally regarded as having ignored the second-round effects of oil prices and kept monetary policy too easy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Having children play Orff instruments and classroom instruments as sound effects using the aesthetics above, would add greatly to the stories, as would composing an original song for the stories.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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