factors
Americannoun
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Most people are in the first two of four stages, with excess body fat and some risk factors such as high blood pressure or cholesterol.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The administrators said the company had faced "a sustained period of pressure" on its cashflow after "continued delays to the UK defence investment plan, combined with geopolitical factors affecting sources of funding".
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Those are a few of the factors that make SpaceX unique—if being the first company to turn what amounted to science fiction into a trillion-dollar valuation wasn’t enough.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Here are two other factors driving up inflation:
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
“But holding onto the cities was never sustainable. There are too many factors we cannot account for, and soon even the Survivalist leaders—the mayors, the congressmen—realized that it wasn’t a long-term plan.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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