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[steep] / stip /




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Steep drawdowns in recent weeks from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the federal government’s emergency supply of crude oil, have rattled some economists and investors.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Steep equities selloffs can curb confidence and consumption, ADB said, and regional financial conditions have already tightened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Steep auto tariffs, however, remain in place, and the two governments remain divided over the structure of the investment pledge.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

Within six months, thanks to the help of their Chinatown community, Lin and Wang — who didn’t quit their day jobs — opened Steep in the fall of 2019.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

Steep as a stair, it looped backwards and forwards as it climbed.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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