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The surveys also recorded a surge in the costs faced by businesses as a result of the conflict, and evidence those businesses were charging their own customers more, a development that will concern central banks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

She casts her eyes across this leafy street in central Tehran, which sits midway between the affluent north with its glittering shops and chic cafes, and the poorer, more conservative south.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Heifetz is grounded in her decision by a central tenet of Earthseed, the fictional religion Butler constructs in “Parable of the Sower.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The ensuing surge in energy prices and inputs such as fertilizers, which have agricultural consequences, has raised concerns about higher inflation and slower growth, prompting expectations that central banks in Asia-Pacific could turn more hawkish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The central cavity of the massive room is so stark and white, I blink hard, thinking I must be in the wrong place.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera