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M and the writer move through highly mediated spaces that amplify certain features and downgrade others, a kind of edited, hyperreal landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
President Nicusor Dan, a pro-European centrist, tried to address people's concerns last weekend after Romania avoided a downgrade of its credit rating by Fitch to "junk", or below investment grade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
He added: "We are currently consulting on proposals to downgrade local authorities who commission these illegal homes."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The analysts downgrade the stock to underweight from sector weight, with a $250 price target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“We must return to them their lawful rights, assure equality of justice—and then everybody leave everybody else to hell alone. Paternalistic—we show our prejudice in our paternalism—we downgrade their dignity.”
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
CGS downgrades MISC’s rating to reduce from add, and cuts its target price to 7.58 ringgit from 9.17 ringgit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Three other credit-rating firms put Brighthouse on review for potential downgrades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
RBC Capital Markets analyst Trung Huynh downgrades shares of the Keytruda maker following a nearly 13% rally.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
If the heatwave continues, third and fourth-quarter GDP forecasts could get downgrades of between 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
If Moody’s downgrades GE paper, it is a big deal.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Global ratings agency Moody's last week downgraded Senegal's long-term foreign-currency debt rating to Caa2 from Caa1, mid-negotiations with the IMF.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Fitch Ratings last week downgraded its long-term issuer default rating on Baidu to A-minus from A, citing the structural decline in the company’s search ad business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
This was downgraded to a level four by Friday morning, but they continue to warn of landslide and flooding risks.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The level-5 warnings of heavy rain were all downgraded to level-4 as of Friday morning.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I pulled my feelings book from under my pillow, flipped to the current page, and downgraded from desperate to mediocre.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
On Monday, shortly after authorities began downgrading some mandatory evacuation orders to warnings around Somersett, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said people were already venturing too far into dangerous wildlands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Chicago is facing renewed financial strain, with three ratings firms downgrading its credit since January 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Anmuth was more critical of Meta’s spending plans, downgrading the stock to neutral from overweight on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
Inquiry chairman Sir Adrian Fulford called for the end of what he described as a "culture" of agencies passing responsibility between each other or downgrading their own involvement in such cases.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Toward the end of 1971 some management committees were still reported to be disregarding or downgrading general assembly proposals, but such instances were said to be growing progressively fewer.
From Area Handbook for Romania by Donald W. Bernier
