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Local 99 is also seeking stable work schedules because many of its members have had their hours reduced due to budget cuts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Cholera, a dangerous bacterial infection that causes severe diarrhea and can be fatal without treatment, may be significantly reduced through diet.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Appeal judges have reduced the damages previously awarded to a former pupil who said he was repeatedly restrained at a private residential special school.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Public-health systems treat this as a crisis to be reduced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

By dint of entreaties expressed in energetic whispers, I reduced the half-dozen to two: these however, he vowed he would select himself.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë