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She applied to Carmarthenshire council for planning consent in March 2023, but this was denied, which a spokesperson confirmed was on the grounds that "intensification of use would give rise to highway safety concerns".
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Warsh—who had long leaned toward a hawkish anti-inflation stance—warned presciently that the Fed’s intensive efforts to support the economy could give rise to blistering inflation down the road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
"It's nearly invisible to the naked eye but our instruments give rise to a vision of swaths of scintillating corona glowing as thunderstorms pass overhead," McFarland said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026
There was no news, no public chit-chat, nothing that would give rise to such a big move, but there it was.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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