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Flooding was also reported early Thursday on northbound State Route 99 near Ayers Lane and around the conflux of southbound Interstate 5 and eastbound U.S. 50.—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Dec. 2025 The peak is at the conflux of two new militarized zones designated as extensions of Army stations at Fort Bliss in Texas and Fort Huachuca in Arizona.—Morgan Lee, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025 Phoenix’s extreme heat is occurring due the conflux of major weather patterns and trends in global climate change.—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024 At the same time, a conflux of issues presents challenges: health insurers and politicians have stepped up pressure on prices; R&D is often expensive and unsuccessful; and competition from low-cost generics remains a threat.—Peter Loftus, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2017