likely to
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“Typically by around 10 to 12 years of age, people that are likely to have a deficiency in the enzyme have developed it to the capacity,” says Sibley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
A multinational study found that people taking these drugs were more than four times as likely to report nail detachment, a condition in which the nail separates from the skin underneath it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
"We are in a new run of months above 1.5C, and with a strong El Nino still intensifying it is likely to last into 2027," Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
It has warned that this year's iteration of the climate phenomenon is likely to be the strongest in living memory, with the peak not expected until the end of the year.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“I’m new to the area. Just arrived. Chose this spot. Thought it was least likely to bring calamity and destruction upon myself, but you never know for sure, do you?”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
