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Microsoft’s stock was on the way to its best three-day performance in 26 years, showing how investors are looking at the company in a new light following its recent upbeat financial results.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Traffic through Hormuz remained at roughly 10% of prewar levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Luke Rahbari, a portfolio manager at Rational Equity Armor Fund, said in emailed comments that the market is “getting into uncharted territory” with corporate spending on AI as hyperscalers try to stay competitive.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Presidents at University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and two at Columbia all resigned after pressure campaigns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
They have no prior notice that they are wanted or needed in the national military, but they arrive at their designated stations as requested.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Work or do, to, chai; I work, ats chái or cháit-sen; thou workest, nuk'w chái or chái-uts-hu; he works, kw'sá chai; we work, nung'l tsá-chái; ye work, nuk'w't-sa ái-a-chái; they work, tsâ-tsa chi´chai.
From Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi by Gibbs, George
In the Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Nootka, Ntlakyapamuq, four Indian languages of British Columbia, the words for "father" when addressed, are respectively a'bo, ats, no'we, pap, and for "father" in other cases, nEgua'at, au'mp, nuwe'k'so, ska'tsa.
From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.
Men waved their ats and umbrellas, ladies, of whom there were many hundreds present, waved their handkerchiefs, and men, strangers to each other, shook hands with the fervency of brotherhood.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Ingersoll, Robert Green
Pronouns: I, absolute, ut´za; copulative, prefixed to a verb, ats; suffixed to do., sun, sen, sin.
From Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi by Gibbs, George
Sho sez at high class ats laid dahn all th’ brass, Just nah they’re beginnin ta craw; To mak up for th’ trouble they’re bahn to charge double, For bad speckulashun it law.
From Random Rhymes and Rambles by Wright, William Aldis
But she also did it on Twitter and @ed Powers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2019
You’ll be able to search for files you have stored in the cloud by @ing them.
From The Verge ● May 18, 2022
The system of followers, @ing and threading encourages sprawling conversations to develop from initial tweets, favouring constant interaction.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019
Relieve yourself of this outrageous expectation, and stop @ing famous people who don’t know you if it’s going to get you all steamed up when they continue living their lives without you in it.
From Slate ● May 2, 2016
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