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The fungus symbiotically benefits its hosts by suppressing other fungi and by protecting them against worms through this enhanced type 2 immune response, but on the flip side it exacerbates food allergies, the team discovered.

But the unregulated nature of these platforms leverages and exacerbates some of the worst aspects of adolescence.

"For me it's been a bit less than a year but that probably exacerbates how busy it's been," he said.

Going through something like that exacerbates lots of stuff.

One commentator described climate change as a “chaos multiplier”, because it exacerbates existing tensions and entrenches conflict in fragile states like this.