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shun

[shuhn] / ʃʌn /


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Shun short-term trading, and stay away from exotic funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

With tennis great Novak Djokovic watching in the crowd in Milan, Malinin produced too much complexity in his routine for his Japanese opponent, Shun Sato.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

While Japan’s Shun Sato scored a season’s best 194.86 to finish the competition, he could not match the technical prowess of Malinin.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

To determine which explanation fits, Hideki Asada, a theoretical physicist and Professor at Hirosaki University, and Shun Yamamoto, a researcher at the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, have proposed a new approach.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

You are welcome to Shem, Shun, when he returns Home decorated — his feet like Hives a-weeping Honey.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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