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“The decision could lower prices for goods where tariff passthrough has been meaningful — toys and the like come to mind,” Sonola said, referring to sectors where companies passed on the cost of tariffs to their customers.

From MarketWatch

A-net is more rigid, often permanent, and used to prevent racers from flying off the course and into dangerous areas, off cliffs, into rocks and the like.

From Los Angeles Times

“The first one is, call it, call center kind of software, which is more the interaction with human beings and the like, chat bots. This is already gone. I mean, this was AI dominated, so take that off,” he said.

From MarketWatch

The typical “Western” diet, involving lots of refined carbs and the like, may be a risk factor in dementia.

From MarketWatch

A call roused the McKay kids from sleep as the scent of something savory wafted up the stairs, shortly followed by the sounds of opening and closing doors, water running, flushing, sighs, hands pounding outside the bathroom, cries of hurry up and the like.

From Literature