severe
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Analysts believe this shift reduces the risk of a gas price spike translating into electricity bill hikes as severe as those seen in 2022, although costs are still expected to rise.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Unlike modern pumas, however, these populations did not show evidence of severe inbreeding or abrupt population bottlenecks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Net exports had contributed to Germany’s growing economy in the first two quarters of the year as the Iran conflict caused severe supply-chain disruptions for Asian competitors, benefiting manufacturers in Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
A red warning to indicate a more dangerous missile attack with more severe constraints on activity.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Oh, Babygirl, I’m so glad you’re all right. When they called me to say that you were recovering from something called severe post-magic overexertion, I didn’t know what to think.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
The Oscars’ viewership woes are severer and more clear-cut: Last year’s broadcast saw a 58 percent drop in viewership from 2020, according to Nielsen.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
The Morgan has got the Frick Collection’s portrait of Thomas More, while Los Angeles got the Frick’s severer portrait of Thomas Cromwell; neither has been seen among other Holbeins in a century.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
This year is predicted to be severer still, with economists forecasting a downswing of between 7% and 11% - unparalleled anywhere in Latin America save Venezuela.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2019
Past generations of Americans have faced and overcome severer tests.
From MSNBC ● Jan. 16, 2018
Certain of the severer forms of what is now known as psoriasis—a non-contagious skin disease—running a very slow course and sometimes extremely obstinate to treatment, were almost surely included under the diagnosis of leprosy.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
You’d think that Deborah, the seasoned comedian who has weathered the severest industry toxicity imaginable, would appreciate that about Ava.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
A global authority on food security said that in the coming months, as many as 1.1 million people in Gaza could face the severest levels of hunger.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
For about 700 of these patients who have the severest form of the disease, the limited options were based around intravenous drugs.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
Heat-related illness ranges from heat exhaustion, which causes heavy sweating and a rapid pulse, to heat stroke, which causes confusion, loss of consciousness, high fever, and in many of the severest cases, death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
People, he said, will willingly undergo the severest suffering in order to free themselves from oppression.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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