Sentences with phrase «increasingly susceptible»

Given that the North Korean regime is increasingly susceptible to international sanctions, these hacking attempts are a great way for the regime to get extra cash to fund the weapons program.

Women have also become increasingly susceptible to breast cancer and ovarian cancer in recent decades.

As was already the case in London, Hong Kong partners at UK firms were growing increasingly susceptible to the advances of their US rivals, and could be lured in groups.

They are a further reminder that those operating offshore are increasingly susceptible to both cross-border enforcement and personal claims, and should therefore exercise an abundance of caution in meeting all potentially applicable legal obligations.

Unfortunately, with the growth of social media marketing, virtual law firms and other web - based services, lawyers are becoming increasingly susceptible to technology addiction.

Some of the world's most carbon - dense ecosystems are increasingly susceptible to fire.

More distressing news about the decline of life in the oceans came in with another report, which shows that ocean acidification (fueled by ACD) is expected to cause skeletal deformities in half of global juvenile corals, making them increasingly susceptible to dying off.

«Global Warming» is just the latest in a long line of hysterical crusades to which we seem to be increasingly susceptible.

As dogs age, they become increasingly susceptible to cystitis.

As mortgage debt hovers at almost record levels, many households are increasingly susceptible to potential external economic problems that could make it difficult to meet financial commitments

«The current narrative of fear around refugees however, reinforced by some of our countries most influential and high - ranking public servants governors, mayors, city councils, and teachers has made schools increasingly susceptible to anti-refugee and Islamophobic prejudice.»

As we age we become increasingly susceptible to these types of inflammation and the DNA damage they cause, which can be the first step in the creation of a cancer.

Under persistently stressful conditions, our immune system is compromised, and we become increasingly susceptible to the onslaughts of the harmful viruses and bacteria that surround us all the time.

This is particularly important because we become increasingly susceptible to depression as we age, suggesting that some of the mechanisms that help us ward off depression stop working quite as well.

As components of mechanical and electrical systems get smaller, they are increasingly susceptible to wear and tear.

The study assesses the food supply available to more than 140 nations (with populations greater than 1 million) and demonstrates that food security is becoming increasingly susceptible to perturbations in demographic growth, as humanity places increasing pressure on use of limited land and water resources.

«Lake Erie increasingly susceptible to large cyanobacteria blooms.»

Lake Erie has become increasingly susceptible to large blooms of toxin - producing cyanobacteria since 2002, potentially complicating efforts to rein in the problem in the wake of this year's Toledo drinking water crisis, according to a new study led by University of Michigan researchers.

Once opened up, formerly intact forests become increasingly susceptible to natural pressures such as disease, fires, and erosion; they become less resilient to human - made climate change, and they become more accessible to human use, driving a spiral of decline.

With repeated diarrhoea attacks and ever - worsening nutritional status, the child becomes increasingly susceptible to other acute infections.

I also see first - hand that the arguments that are being used against GMOs are based on outright lies, distortion and ginning up fear in an unsuspecting and increasingly susceptible populations that do not know the specifics.

And while the global scope of the attack galvanized intense media coverage, the reality is that health care has grown increasingly susceptible to this specific kind of malware, which demands digital payment in exchange for sensitive personal and financial patient data.

Not exact matches

As our environment grows increasingly distraction - laden, the most susceptible go ever further astray.

President Donald Trump and his outside advisers are increasingly worried that his longtime personal attorney might be susceptible to cooperating with federal prosecutors.

President Trump and his outside advisers are increasingly worried that his longtime personal attorney might be susceptible to cooperating with federal prosecutors.

And today, with more than half the world's bananas coming from a single, Cavendish variety, they may increasingly become susceptible to fungi that threaten its livelihood, such as the devastating Panama disease.

Coffee farms the world over are still planting susceptible cultivars that increasingly require pesticides to fend off disease.

According to Professor Bauch, as that trend continues Canadians will increasingly find themselves in a situation where vaccination coverage has declined and populations are once again susceptible to disease.

There have been thousands of victims of this increasingly common scam, with fraudsters often targeting teens, who are more susceptible to this particular type of fraud.

As your pet ages, it is advisable to bring it for a checkup every three months as it becomes increasingly weak and susceptible to infections or diseases.

It will actually get worse if left unchecked leaving the dog increasingly more stressed and susceptible to greater self - injury as time goes on.

But other elements could potentially also contribute to a collapse: an accelerating extinction of animal and plant populations and species, which could lead to a loss of ecosystem services essential for human survival; land degradation and land - use change; a pole - to - pole spread of toxic compounds; ocean acidification and eutrophication (dead zones); worsening of some aspects of the epidemiological environment (factors that make human populations susceptible to infectious diseases); depletion of increasingly scarce resources [6,7], including especially groundwater, which is being overexploited in many key agricultural areas [8]; and resource wars [9].

As the impacts of climate change are beginning to be felt around the world, companies are increasingly becoming more susceptible to related risks that could have profound financial implications.

In addition to rapid recovery of coral cover, researchers are finding bleached reefs have been increasingly less susceptible to subsequent bleaching.

Beyond law schools, mental health issues in the legal profession is something that is increasingly addressed: «But research suggests that [lawyers] are at much higher risk of depression, anxiety and substance abuse issues than people in the broader population — and may even be more susceptible than those in other high - stress professions, such as medicine.»

Although I've got the class rank and the mega firm job (which I suspect I'll leave for business school in a few years if firms are susceptible to the same inefficient B.S.), I'm becoming increasingly bitter toward this whole «game.»