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Construction industry faces costly delays as ICE raids sow fear | REUTERS
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/28Ever wondered how immigration raids impact everyday jobs? This video dives into the construction industry's struggles with labor shortages and project delays due to ICE enforcement, giving you a chance to pick up advanced vocabulary and understand complex sentence structures in a real-world context!
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potential
US /pəˈtɛnʃəl/
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UK /pəˈtenʃl/
- Adjective
- Capable of happening or becoming reality
- Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.
- Uncountable Noun
- someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
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US /ˈbesɪkəli,-kli/
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UK /ˈbeɪsɪkli/
- Adverb
- Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- In essence; when you consider the most important aspects of something.
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US /ˈnetɪv/
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UK /ˈneɪtɪv/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Someone from or born in a specific country
- Original inhabitant, e.g. before others
- Adjective
- Caused by natural ability; innate
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US /kəˈpæsɪti/
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UK /kə'pæsətɪ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
- Largest amount of something that can be produced
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