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Buy the biggest, most obvious stocks that the large passive funds will be obliged to invest in because, if the theme works, these heavyweights will make money rather, the advice goes.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Again the reigning successor to George III will be obliged to say nice words about the men his ancestor would gladly have hanged from the nearest tree.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

But in January this year, a serious sticking point emerged about how far the intelligence services would be obliged to co-operate.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

European industrials, meanwhile, were no doubt buoyed by the developments in Greenland that suggest governments will be obliged to raise defense spending, hence the popularity of subsectors like aerospace and defense, machinery and electrical equipment.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026

“Leslie'. Ifshe was an animal predatoit1, we’d be obliged to try to.help'her.? > Leslie gave him a’funny look. “

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson




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