ripple effect
Example Sentences
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For Goldman, restrictions in the U.S. would have a ripple effect across diesel prices internationally, with each week of the ban lifting European diesel prices by just below 2%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
“This has a ripple effect that goes through the entire federal enforcement system because they showed they could do something that was very difficult,” Kovacic said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
As for third-order impacts, at this point the blow to global bond markets from higher inflation fears must already be counted as one such ripple effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
BBC Transport correspondent Katy Austin said the disruption caused a "ripple effect", with some trains outside the area directly affected - including the Midlands - impacted.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
It sort of buckles away from the concrete cellar walls, a regular ripple effect, but do I complain about the crummy paneling, or the rug that smells like low tide?
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
