Example Sentences

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Ahead of a trip to India in mid-February, the Epstein ties were causing angst for foundation staff.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

"I am worried about the continuation of the situation and the return of attacks again, because they were causing me tension," said Imam, an Egyptian housewife living in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

The New York Times interviewed doctors there and reported last week that “rapidly deteriorating conditions at hospitals and clinics across Cuba were causing deaths that would otherwise be preventable.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Officials warned that failing sewers, power supplies and IT systems were causing an "unacceptable failure of critical services".

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Boots’s unearthly shrieks were causing many of the spiders to curl up in cowering balls.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins