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That’s why diesel shows up in producer prices before consumer prices, Carpenter said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
The U.S. dollar strengthened as higher-than-expected September inflation sent bond yields up amid expectations of an increase in interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Sherratt said he heard Mogan shout something along the lines of "hurry up" and saw Semenyo turn towards him.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Diesel pieces are like the lifeblood to the industrial economy,” said Miskin at Manulife, and the rise in those prices shows up more in the PPI than in the CPI.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
He’s sizing me up, calculating whether I’m really a threat.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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It feels like there will be ups and downs throughout, given the age of the side, but Jaissle has been struck by the backing of supporters and has quickly settled into life on Tyneside.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Jefferies reiterates its buy rating on the stock and ups its price target to 26.60 pounds from 23.30 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Business spending in the supply chain is much bigger and more volatile than final consumption and does a better job of measuring the ups and downs of the business cycle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
That means it is not immune from the stock market’s ups and downs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
—Does she have any problem with helping you with your emotional ups and downs?
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
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But Sorkin has changed his name and upped his age, so as fun and ferocious as Burr is, we also spend his scenes feeling a little confused.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The court case has upped the ante around the next application, which is imminent.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Within days, the moving expenses were upped to $50,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Since then, it has upped its offer multiple times, and launched both a tender offer for Genco shares and proxy fight to replace its board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
What Gaylyn was wondering as Reggie sat in her office was whether the first failed mission had upped the stakes for Reggie.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Analysts at Jefferies, headed by Joseph Gallo, also changed their price target for the stock, upping it to $240 from a prior estimate of $230, and referring to the company as “a clear fundamental winner.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Another friend’s workaround for simultaneously curbing spending and upping her investments: Every time she’s tempted to buy something she doesn’t need, she’ll instead move the equivalent amount of money into her investment account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The company said it plans to use the funds to repurchase additional Disney shares, upping its target for fiscal 2026 repurchases to be at least $9 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Our work reveals how a lack of arginine interferes with the immune system, and suggests that upping arginine intake could prove beneficial," says first author Qiushuang Wu, a postdoc in the lab.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
She was upping her game in other ways, too—especially when it came to gathering intelligence.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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