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After years of slow expansion through busy beach locations and fairs, Hot Dog on a Stick expanded to malls, which proved a perfect match for its fast, inexpensive and easy-to-handle menu.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Tech stocks have had a bumpy ride because of fears that the buzz around artificial intelligence may not match reality and that shares in the sector are overcooked.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Pension funds and insurers that need to match the durations of their liabilities with similar assets snap up the longest-dated bonds even when yields are absurdly low.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

It’s a welcome outlier in terms of production on the set, with a growling, distorted guitar, but Ms. Abrams’s singing doesn’t match the ominous tone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

I’m nothing like those cheerleader girls that guys like him go for, with their perfect hair and makeup, shoes that match their shirts.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Here’s what they will remember forever from 39 days and 104 World Cup matches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

That value is considerably lower than measurements from all previously studied near-side samples, but it closely matches the theoretical composition expected after strong solar wind fractionation.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

We need fewer international matches and more protection for national football, at all levels.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Their next taste of international cricket will be in the format as they play three matches in Australia in mid-November, before they sample World Cup conditions with three fixtures in South Africa in mid-January.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

I jiggled the compartment in the underside of the tin relic and found two long thin matches.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

The Journal’s estimates for Coxe are based on public disclosures and assume he reinvested the proceeds of sales in holdings that matched the S&P 500’s growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Before the war, the global oil market was connected by a giant web of tankers that matched each kind of crude to the refinery best suited to handle it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

"Canada, as is its right, has merely matched those measures," Carney said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

In laboratory experiments and controlled applications on skin, the tetrapod sunscreen produced a warmer appearance that more closely matched natural skin tones.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

Mama’s lipstick was a creamy rose color; it outlined her lips perfectly, and it matched the color of her fingernails.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

The technology industry led, with nearly $50 million in donations, almost matching the entirety of funds raised by President Barack Obama in 2009.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

The Boston Red Sox remained one win shy of matching their team-record longest win streak, set in 1946, after their Major League Baseball game against Baltimore was rained out on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Turning the valve back on gets oil moving, but it takes time to optimize the tanker/refiner matching.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Across all levels of honours at New Year 2026, 38% of recipients were from working class backgrounds, matching the national figure of 37%.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The walls were covered with pictures of smiling students in blue-and-yellow blazers with matching boater hats.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti