deficit
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Unlike that 42-7 loss at the Rose Bowl, Centennial rallied from a 14-0 deficit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Treasury Department is issuing trillions of dollars in new debt to finance its $1.8 trillion fiscal deficit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
José Ramírez drove in five runs with three doubles and the streaking Guardians overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Five years after the deficit peaked in 2009, it came in at just 2.8% of GDP in fiscal 2014.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
We hung in there most of the match, but had acquired a large deficit going into the seventh bout.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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Indonesian exports are expected to remain under pressure in the second half, with monthly trade deficits likely to persist as imports continue to outpace outbound shipments, RHB economist Wong Xian Yong said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
For roughly a decade, markets shrugged off deficits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
That trade is based on the view that investors will turn to alternative assets like gold or bitcoin on worries that stubborn government deficits and higher inflation will debase currencies like the dollar.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Who do these darn Canadians think they are, paying for our federal deficits and keeping a cap on our mortgage rates?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
I began thinking about what would happen if we all just acknowledged our brokenness, if we owned up to our weaknesses, our deficits, our biases, our fears.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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