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Lake also picked up a brace of scores - the first of which Dafydd Jenkins was unable to stop - as he impressed alongside fellow new boy Morgan in Gloucester's win over Exeter.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Dustin Reid, chief fixed-income strategist at Mackenzie Investments, said the calm in bonds now appears to be breaking down as traders brace for potentially more aggressive Fed rate hikes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Oil prices pulled back after closing above $107 a barrel Thursday, but prices remained elevated as investors brace for the indefinite closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

As marine mammal rehabilitators brace for the grim possibility of mass strandings in Southern California, rescuers on beaches to the north worry about another dynamic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

I finally take Dain’s advice and get some moss from the kitchens, wash the wound, and rewrap it with my makeshift button brace.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The studies evaluated 12 different approaches, including laser therapy, electrical stimulation, knee braces, insoles, kinesiology tape, water-based therapy, exercise, and ultrasound.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Modeling was performing, but I had braces and noticed I was chubbier than everybody else, creating new anxieties. To be 11, 12, and 13 just sucked.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Their meeting comes as the 27-member European Union braces for tough negotiations to agree a joint budget for the seven-year stretch 2028-34.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The wrist braces resemble the kind sold at a drugstore to help with tendon pain, the only difference being each comes equipped with a 7-pound weight at the end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

I can see it stuck in her braces from where I’m sitting.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

Left guard Chris Paul stepped on Daniels’ foot as he backed away from center and the quarterback threw a wild incomplete pass as he braced himself on the ground with his other hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Thousands of Spaniards evacuated from huge wildfires returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions in their own battle with raging flames.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Meanwhile, "UK fire crews braced for wildfires" the paper adds, "as fourth heatwave looms this week".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

U.S. stocks were little changed Wednesday as oil prices extended gains, while investors braced for a wave of major earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

She slammed hard into dry sandy dirt, coming down on arms that hadn’t been braced hard enough for connection with solid earth.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

U.S. stock futures rose as market sentiment strengthened in early European trade, with investors checking expectations for near-term Federal Reserve rate hikes and bracing for inflation data later Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Now, amidst severe overcrowding in some areas, unsanitary conditions and limited healthcare access, the WHO is bracing for more and bigger disease outbreaks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

These scenes are bracing but overwrought, and it sometimes seems that Ms. Kingsolver’s approach to tragedy is to prioritize quantity over quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Local hospitals are bracing for funding cuts, though a carve-out may keep many valley residents from losing coverage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Jupe had shifted off me by that point and I was able to move, but I was too busy bracing for the worst to actually look at who was calling.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone