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Ratcliffe knew major decisions needed to be made in order to slash the club's losses.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The company is seeking to slash production capacities as it struggles with weak demand, and had already decided in 2024 to end vehicle production at the factory by 2027.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
They had to slash ticket prices in the middle of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The supervisory board of German car giant Volkswagen has backed a plan to slash an additional 50,000 jobs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Miig pointed with his chin to a dark smudge, only visible through the trees by the geometric slope against the slash of branch and leaf.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
This keeps an aging workforce mobile, slashes employer spend and unlocks abundance through the convergence of health and wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Federal Reserve slashes 2026 GDP predictions to 2.2% and raises its PCE inflation estimate by 90 basis points to 3.6%.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
DBS cuts its rating on the stock to hold from buy and slashes its target price to HK$19.50 from HK$27.00.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
AI slashes their coding costs while maintaining their revenue.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
The main path looked like an arm with the veins stripped out, long slashes where flooding had washed the gravel away.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Commerzbank slashed thousands of jobs and hiked its financial targets in an effort to convince shareholders to back its campaign to remain independent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
A mood, of sorts, was set as early as the fourth minute when Sam Johnstone, Celtic's jumpy new goalkeeper, passed a clearance straight to Kevin Kelsy, who slashed it wide.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
While they slashed their price target on the stock to $150 from $270, they kept their outperform rating and said shares of the company were “too cheap to dismiss.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Shares of the sporting-goods retailer suffering a record selloff as profit and sales missed expectations and the full-year outlook was slashed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The numbers were like war paint on the white face of the clock, the hands like swords as they slashed across the pearly surface.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
A rising share of builders are slashing prices on newly built homes despite increasing construction costs, as buyers get spooked by high mortgage rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
The intergovernmental body has advised slashing the quantity of north-east Atlantic mackerel caught in 2026 by roughly 70% to allow the stock a chance to recover.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The plan envisages slashing the three states' collective water consumption by up to 3.7 billion cubic meters per year until 2036 -- the equivalent of 1.5 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
In July last year a BBC team witnessed the police slashing an inflatable boat with a knife to prevent it being used.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
I knew that if it hadn’t been for their loyalty and unselfish courage I would have probably been killed by the slashing claws of the devil cat.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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