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With Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Handre Pollard injured and Mannie Libbok on the bench, Sharks fly-half Vusi Moyo, 20, became the youngest Springboks number 10 after being handed his first cap despite just one club start.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The European Commission has proposed slowing the rate at which this cap is lowered each year to around 3.7% from 2031 and then to 1.7% from 2036 - down from 4.3% currently.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Its market cap peaked then at around $5.5 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
And here’s the top 10 by market cap of the Robotics & Automation Picks & Shovels Basket:
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
He lifts off his cap, wipes his forehead on his cuff.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Gerson fired beyond gloveless Italy goalkeeper Enrico Albertosi, Jairzinho pounced on Pele's nod down, and Carlos Alberto capped perhaps the World Cup final's most complete performance with arguably its greatest goal.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Students already in the U.S. will move to the new system automatically, with their stays capped at four years from the rule’s effective date during the fall semester.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The ETS forces heavy polluters to pay for the greenhouse gases they emit, obliging them to buy allowances that are capped in number, sold in auctions and tradable.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
With price not a near-term upside and shipment capped by capacity, the chipmaker’s upward revision of its revenue forecast suggests it was too conservative before, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The manager sighed and started down the aisle to where Ignatius was mumbling, “Oh, my God, their tongues are probably all over each other’s capped and rotting teeth.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Major indexes edged higher on Friday, capping a volatile week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“What you’re doing is capping the soil, so that moisture stays in there, and instead of being dirt, it’s a living system called soil,” Adams said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The appeals come with Netflix recently having announced it wants to work toward capping mandatory investments, currently set at 20 percent of revenue.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The idea behind capping the loans is in part to push schools to rely on them less as a way to enroll students from families who may struggle to afford their cost.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Dede sighs, capping her pen and closing the book.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
