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These forced timeouts applied to single stocks came after the so-called flash crash in 2010, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 700 points in eight minutes before recouping much of the loss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The US NFL model has been applied to an event that is owned by the world.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

After graduating, she applied for a job at International Business Machines.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Researchers found that it happens because friction between individual rice grains drops sharply when forces are applied rapidly.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Since it looked like I might not be hired at Langley right away, I applied to become a substitute teacher at the Collis P. Huntington High School.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson