Example Sentences

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Johnson was clear, both ahead of the hearing and during it, that he didn’t think it should be happening because it was complicating the Tour’s negotiating process.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2023

The Donetsk region's governor said constant shelling was complicating bringing aid into Mariupol.

From Reuters • Mar. 13, 2022

School officials were unable to provide a figure for how many schools had been affected by the outage, but several teachers said in interviews that it was complicating their work.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022

In Northern California, the extreme heat, combined with an uptick in afternoon winds, was complicating efforts to control a wildfire that had already grown into the state’s largest of the season so far.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2021

The same way taking in Quinby was complicating my life.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate