balance
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“We expect the ECB to strike a delicate balance between not calling the hike a ‘one-and-done’ hike while also stopping short of pre-announcing further hikes,” said Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Tom Waterhouse, managing director of Stagecoach Cumbria and Lancashire, said its timetables aimed to achieve "the best balance we can" between the needs of different passengers.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“The financial support Menefee received really tilted the balance in his favor.”
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
It’s an era of natural history with striking parallels to our own — climate change, extinction, devastating fires, a wobbling balance between humans and the rest of the natural world.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
If I could break off some of the smaller branches and balance them across a fork in the lower boughs, I might be able to create a sleeping platform.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Vocabulary lists containing balance
"Mending Wall," by Robert Frost
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