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Garcia said in an interview that stress at work and heavier workloads have aggravated her health issues.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

OSLO, Norway — Manchester City striker Erling Haaland might have aggravated a left ankle injury while playing for Norway in a friendly match.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2023

The state health department, in its “final health consultation document,” determined that before the odor-reducing actions, breathing sulfur-based compounds “may have aggravated existing respiratory and cardiopulmonary conditions,” and caused headaches, nausea and fatigue.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2022

He may also seek to overcome Gulf resistance to a U.S. request to raise oil output to tame rampant crude prices that have aggravated high inflation rates globally.

From Reuters • Mar. 29, 2022

You yourself, darling, would not like me to have aggravated his illness by my flight just at this moment, and thus possibly have his death on my conscience.'

From Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship by Zangwill, Israel