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One explanation for Friday’s yen dip is that BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda faced two dissenting votes to his rate increase, from board members appointed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But Tugendhat, the Tory MP for Tonbridge in Kent who Badenoch appointed her shadow foreign secretary in a reshuffle earlier this month, has suggested Trump does not mean it.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Chelsea finished 10th in the Premier League last season and appointed Xabi Alonso as their manager in the summer.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
In 1976, President Ford appointed him as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The drums of war had not yet silenced the laughter of the harvesters, but Aziz felt the first pinch of heartache when her father didn’t return on the appointed day.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
