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Demand for premium travel experiences in the years since the pandemic has led airlines to focus even more on big-spending customers, shifting credit cards and loyalty programs to the center of airlines’ strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Breeze Airways launched its co-branded credit card with Barclays within three years of starting up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
They later learned the line was due to people signing up for a JetBlue credit card on their phones so they could get instant access to the space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
That reservoir of credit card-powered miles helps feed demand, allowing airlines to report strong revenue despite volatile jet-fuel prices and broader economic jitters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
A credit default swap on a thirty-year subprime mortgage bond was a bet designed to last for thirty years, in theory.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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His notable credits include films “The Hunt for Red October,” “The Piano” and “Evil Angels” and shows “The Tudors” and “Apples Never Fall.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Rival toy company Spin Master, meanwhile, credits advances in automation for helping it streamline its manufacturing process for a modernized version of its Rubik’s Cube it is introducing later this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Over a career spanning more than five decades, he amassed more than 150 screen credits.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The new Meta Model API offers every account $20 in free credits paired with a pay-as-you-go rate of $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
At the end of the half hour, as we cued credits and music, there was always a good feeling in the air, and everyone—victim, jury members, studio crew—mingled and became students again.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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Three years later, Saar created “The Liberation of Aunt Jemima,” the assemblage that activist Angela Davis credited with sparking the Black women’s movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The landmark Endangered Species Act -- passed in 1973 and credited with saving the bald eagle, the American alligator and other iconic species -- prohibits "taking" endangered species.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
After losing both parents while attending college, he became the legal guardian of his younger sister, an experience he often credited with shaping his sense of responsibility and public service.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Reeves credited her decisions as the first female chancellor with creating a "rock of stability and trust", but acknowledged there had been tough moments in office.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Long after the suffragists’ goals had been met, many of them credited the index cards with having helped them immeasurably in convincing certain congressmen to support their cause.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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A recent social media video shows Portuguese fans similarly collecting rubbish from the stands with large plastic bags, with many social media users crediting the Japanese with starting this trend.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The 2nd Circuit relied on the long-familiar Mathews test here, crediting the government’s concerns about flight risks, but ultimately ruling in favor of requiring a bond hearing given the length of Black’s and G.M.’s detentions.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
Shares of Google’s parent company rise 3.9% after results beat expectations, with CEO Sundar Pichai unsurprisingly crediting AI investments underpinning much of the growth across the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Although conservationists hail the resurgence as a success, crediting state and federal protections, some ranchers are concerned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
The news we had received, and which we had agreed in crediting, was the end of all hope.
From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by Pittenger, William
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