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The more the Fed and other central banks aim to tighten policy, the more likely it is that spreads should widen further.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Plenty of startups increase head count at a rapid clip as they aim for billion-dollar valuations and fight for top engineering talent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The event on Saturday 19 September was organised alongside Northampton Active and Northampton Rowing Club, with the aim of clearing as much rubbish from the river as possible.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Elsewhere in the post, she took aim at her “Mormon Wives” castmates, describing their response to her situation as a “pile on.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
When planting the magic bean, they’d tried to aim for the very edge of the island’s overhang, considering they would have to jump from the beanstalk to the castle.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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By only including federal financial-aid recipients, the metric aims to minimize the influence that wealth and family connections can have on a student’s earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The move aims to offer an “easy and delightful way to shop and check out with Muse,” Shopify’s Chief Executive Tobias Lütke said in a Monday post on X.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
One strategy aims to tell technicians where an infestation is still active, while another attempts to eliminate the termites with a more localized treatment.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Pantoja aims to reclaim the belt he lost at UFC 331, with the main event beginning at 6 p.m. and streaming on Paramount+.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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News aimed to avoid privileging schools with a high concentration of degrees that pay well.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
She unveiled a 30-page growth plan aimed at removing barriers to business as part of her speech to the Lib Dem conference in Brighton.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Discovery, amid new urgency for talks aimed at settling antitrust litigation brought by California Atty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Ehrlich’s antisyphilis drug Salvarsan, followed by the antibacterial Prontosil, showed that systematic chemical screening could yield medicines aimed at specific diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Mr. Lemoncello smiled for all the television cameras aimed at him.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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But if the window stays open, and the two sides keep interacting constructively, Beijing may set near-term unification aside and be more patient, aiming for the longer term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Under Iraola, Liverpool are aiming to implement a front-foot and aggressive style of football.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Cardoso said he obsessively tweaked dishes daily, aiming to find finishing touches that could separate Skywalker Grill as a museum restaurant and allow it to stand as a destination of its own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Blurred lines among classes of weapons call for defenses that are more integrated and prepared for a spectrum of threats aiming to overwhelm air defenses, say military specialists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I dipped a scrap of fabric into the awful-looking mess, then squeezed out droplets, aiming for Quinby’s mouth.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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