lifeblood
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“Diesel pieces are like the lifeblood to the industrial economy,” said Miskin at Manulife, and the rise in those prices shows up more in the PPI than in the CPI.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Compute, the industry shorthand for computing power, is the lifeblood of the AI boom, and it’s in short supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Then there is oil, still the lifeblood of the Saudi economy.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
In fact, there’s reason to wonder whether Cadiz itself still wants to do the project, even though in the past it described it as its potential corporate lifeblood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Cows remain the lifeblood of the Dinka culture.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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