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For now, there are mitigating factors like the fact that advanced AI cyber capabilities are not yet widely available.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“While a sustained upward move in oil prices could potentially support more pricing across pockets of the commodity and intermediate chemicals complex,” there are mitigating factors, wrote Citi analyst Patrick Cunningham on Monday.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

There are mitigating factors: unfamiliar conditions in Asia, an injured captain and a relentless grind from Hyderabad that will end in Hamilton.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

There are mitigating circumstances which apply in the situation of the elderly man who died of AKPV.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2024

If a fair trial is to be allowed there are mitigating circumstances to be urged.

From The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It by Leech, Rev. Samuel Vanderlip