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OPEC+, as it’s known, “expressed concern regarding attacks on energy infrastructure, noting that restoring damaged energy assets to full capacity is both costly and takes a long time, thereby affecting overall supply availability.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Knowing your track record, you write a column predicting the Dodgers will not win the World Series this year, thereby ensuring that they will, in fact, win the World Series this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
They also justify his choice to continue the campaign, degrading Iran’s missile and drone infrastructure and thereby its ability to support proxies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
"This information will prevent the overtreatment of low-risk patients, thereby limiting side effects and unnecessary costs, while intensifying the monitoring and treatment of those at high risk," says Ariel Ruiz i Altaba.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
They thereby injure even more American zookeepers each year than do tigers!
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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