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[wil] / wɪl /






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Both Sidi Kerir loadings and ship-to-ship transfers likely will increase under the new Red Sea threat, particularly for Asian customers, said Dylan Mortimer, marine hull U.K. war leader at insurance broker Marsh.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

Kids need to learn to use these technologies effectively, and I am sure they will, no matter what happens in schools.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

UBS analyst Karl Keirstead wrote in a note that the investor focus at Dreamforce will be on the newly announced Claudeforce, a partnership that integrates Anthropic’s Claude directly into the Salesforce platform.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

The probability that inflation will be meaningfully above the Fed’s target in 12 to 18 months is now higher than the probability that inflation will converge back to the central bank’s 2% target, Musalem said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

The brain swells, but the skull stays the same size; a swollen brain can jam itself so tightly it will cut off its own blood supply.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

"At first it felt quite surreal because you associate wills with older people," she says.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Then she began seeing Maslin talking about wills on TikTok.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Bart Scovill, a wills, trust and estate attorney based in University Park, Fla., explains the legal jeopardy your friend and others in her position could find herself in.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Other important information to assemble: deeds, wills, insurance policies, passwords.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Amy’s face was full of trouble, but she only said, “Don’t people put sort of postscripts to their wills, sometimes?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Another scenario would be that the partnership leads customers to unlock new functionalities and value from Salesforce’s data.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

The nontech time would be used to read books, work through problems by hand, learn trades and other tactile skills, exercise, and play with friends.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Yet the takeover came with a cost: By the end of 1987, the band had entered a hiatus that would last nearly a decade.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

If he said, for example, the increase was taking back some of last year’s cuts, Maki said, investors would read it as two or three at most.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

And no one here on the south side would be shocked if any of these symbols were found on members of our county sheriff’s department.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Dolly Parton, the singer and songwriter from Locust Ridge, Tenn., who willed herself into being the very symbol of country music stardom, has died in Nashville.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

He's very strong willed and that's his decision.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

On a night when his teammates struggled offensively, Brunson willed the Knicks to the series clinching victory, another gritty come-from-behind victory for a team that has made them a trademark.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

But now as a grizzled veteran, and the oldest player on the Carolina Hurricanes’ roster, Staal has almost single-handedly willed his team to the brink of their first championship in two decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

I scrunched my toes into my black flip-flops, and I willed this day to serve me, to have a grand purpose—to bring my dog home.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

Although willing to participate themselves, they did not want their adult children involved.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

"If that's what they're willing to put forward in prize money, it means that they're willing to put that effort into marketing and media," said Kerr.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

He told AFP he hopes that Americans can somehow rediscover a "balanced system of people that are willing to reach across the party aisle" so that compromise is no longer a "bad word."

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

"I was so intrigued when Dr. Stenton first contacted me, telling me about his work and asking if I'd be willing to provide a DNA sample," Preston said.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Leah hired nurses, supervised her household servants, and continued to schedule séances for New Yorkers willing to pay for the privilege of seeing an original Fox sister.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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