approvingly

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That June, as oil prices closed in on $140 a barrel and dragged inflation higher, Warsh approvingly cited market expectations that the Fed’s next move was more likely to be a rate increase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Recently he approvingly posted on the X platform about a poll putting the party on 20 percent in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

“There’s a shot in here where he lifts his boot on the table and the camera spins with him. He smiled approvingly when I blocked it and played to the camera. He knew,” Kahn wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

But the very first people White thanked from the Mar-a-Lago stage last week, with the newly minted president-elect looking approvingly over his shoulder and the cameras beaming him around the world, were the Nelk Boys.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

“Good, honest labor,” Lady Constance said approvingly as she gazed into her vanity mirror.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood