underlying
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The underlying issues seemed distant when the countries' leaders met for the draw in Washington DC in December and posed for a selfie with Fifa boss Gianni Infantino.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The company’s margins have been shaky at times, and it depends on other companies to make its underlying battery cells.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The findings suggest that GLP-1 medications may act on a shared biological pathway underlying multiple forms of addiction.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Those cells cannot grow hair in a lab, only when they are transplanted into skin and connected with underlying tissue.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
She was unaccustomed to the Kabuli dialect of his Farsi, and to the underlying layer of Pashto accent, the language of his native Kandahar.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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