as in to cause
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
it remains to be seen whether the policy changes will translate into true progress
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The crash was reported shortly after noon and was caused by a 92-year-old woman driving a Toyota Prius, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026 -
The explosion, which ripped through the mosque during Friday prayers, was caused by a suicide bomber, police told CNN.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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As technology advanced and investment increased, developers took the groundwork laid by games like Elite and expanded it into some of the most ambitious and compelling video games ever created.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The show created by Levy and his son Dan about a wealthy family forced to live in a tiny town would dominate the Emmys in its sixth and final season.—
ANDREW DALTON,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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The city of Dallas alone has dozens of secondhand stores spanning consignment and furniture, and the industry's rapid industry has brought new opportunities, and often more foot traffic.—
Mari Sato The Dallas Morning News,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026
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Atlanta is weighing whether to allow open alcohol containers in South Downtown in hopes of bringing more foot traffic to the neighborhood — especially during the FIFA World Cup games this summer.—
Riley Bunch,
AJC.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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If the project falls through or is unable generate enough incremental tax revenue, Vantage won't be paid back for its up-front investments through the $456 million tax incremental financing district approved in November.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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The momentum for the entire jump is generated by the glide of the outside edge, which Malinin maintains with a deep knee bend that serves as the spring for launching into the air and landing back on the same leg, on the same blade edge.—
Alice Park,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Video shows the girl carefully pulling a coaster from the tower before the entire structure cascades downward in seconds, prompting audible reactions from spectators.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Another round of lake effect snow that will be potentially very heavy near Lake Michigan prompted winter weather watches and advisories in Chicago and Northwest Indiana.—
Laura Bannon,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The southern Portuguese city of Alcacer do Sal, about 60 miles from Lisbon, was battling rising waters from the river Sado, with downtown areas flooded and water levels measuring roughly 7 feet high in some places.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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For people that are not tracking what that actually means, that means that ICE can do almost no arrests in the entire country … If a court rules that there’s a final order of removal, they’re removed actually by an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Our show is produced by Chris McLeod of Blue Elevator Productions and Josh Billinson of Semafor Media.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The only viable explanation is that an even higher-energy particle — a more stable one — must have struck the upper atmosphere of the Earth and produced a particle shower, where those decaying particles led to the presence of these muons.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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