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But "for now, the compensation framework has effectively become irrelevant due to widespread production shut-ins," Hansen said.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
The accident, the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, killed 11 workers, claimed the lives of thousands of marine animals, and caused widespread damage to ocean ecosystems.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
The litigation would seek to challenge the proposed merger on antitrust grounds, arguing it would thwart competition, lower wages and lead to widespread job losses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
"I mean sometimes I doubt whether I've really got it. I don't know if it's widespread knowledge," he told his friend, broadcaster Kirsty Lang.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The practice of re-enslavement was so widespread in some states that it was characterized in a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Blackmon as Slavery by Another Name.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing widespread
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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"Laws are not the only way to boost immunization”: an editorial from Nature
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