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From a military perspective, tensions have been raised another notch by the deal announced on Wednesday, paving the way for US firms to help Saudi Arabia develop its own domestic civil nuclear power programme.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Preparing a live lobster might sound intimidating, but it’s a lot easier than you think and will truly take your summer hosting up a notch.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

I’ve liked her in everything but her anachronistic appeal is especially good in movies like “Gail Daughtry” that crank reality up a notch so everything moves fast and silly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

With the ball bouncing near Egypt’s goal, Messi lashed it home to notch his eighth goal of the World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

She only knew that some deep urge made her take up her knife one morning and carve a small notch into the doorpost of her sleeping cabin.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

The authors estimated that private ratings are effectively two to three notches more favorable than public ratings with comparable impairment risk.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Their analysis revealed distinctive notches, impact damage and other signs that the object had repeatedly been used as a hammer.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

The safety car confusion was just the final episode in a race that was always engrossing but had ratcheted up several notches in the final 20 laps or so.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The stock at 18 times forward earnings, down from a 2026 peak of 22 times, a few notches below the S&P 500 and below Home Depot’s just over 21 times.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

We were one week from Christmas if my calculations and tree notches were accurate, and I was wondering how to celebrate it, or if at all.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

TOKYO—The Japanese economy notched a third consecutive quarter of growth, but at a slower pace as household and corporate spending weakened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

It is possible Wisley in Surrey will have notched up 60 days with no rain by Sunday.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

As the extremely dry spell continues across much of England and Wales, a small village in Surrey has notched up 50 consecutive days without rain this summer.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

SpaceX said it notched $14.1 billion in cloud services contracts last quarter and added a $6.7 billion contract in the current quarter with an undisclosed customer.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

It had a strip of notched black boot sole for its bumper.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

Americans took out almost $211 billion in auto loans this past spring, notching a new record, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Bristol Myers BMY -0.79%decrease; down pointing triangle Squibb raised its outlook for the year after notching higher profit and revenue in the latest quarter, boosted by its portfolio of newer treatments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Scott, after notching just his second blown save Monday, compared to his 12 saves and 2.70 ERA, didn’t have an opening to improve on his All-Star campaign Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

During the 52-week period that ended on April 25, U.S. sales of nonalcoholic beer, wine and spirits surpassed $1 billion, notching a 16% year-over-year gain over that time, according to Nielsen data provided to MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

Images of warriors notching their bows and letting their arrows fly.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi