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Oil prices inched back up as Iran talked about limiting the number of ships allowed through the Hormuz Strait.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters it’s not a “definitively accepted” policy that Iran would be allowed to charge tolls on the strait.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Four ships were allowed to pass Wednesday, the fewest so far in April, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, down from more than 100 a day before the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

That his hand version of Rocky could climb onto Gosling, and interact with the actor more directly, allowed for an amusing rapport to develop instantly between them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The séance format that they developed allowed three working-class, barely educated women to advise higher-class, well-educated men, who never would have listened otherwise.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock