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[cheef] / tʃif /




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Sam Peate, group chief delivery officer, said: "Patient safety is our top priority and we are putting plans in place to ensure disruption to patients is as minimal as possible."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“Raising rates will not change eurozone inflation or inflation expectations,” said Paul Donovan, chief economist for UBS global wealth management.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“We expect to see heightened volatility throughout this period,” said Todd Ahlsten, chief investment officer at Parnassus Investments, adding that he’s cautious on all of the upcoming IPOs caught up in the “AI hype cycle.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

A Pasadena police officer shot and wounded a colleague in the shoulder inside the department’s parking garage last September during an incident the police chief described as “unsafe, out-of-policy horseplay.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“No,” the fire chief said, “it’s been through a washing machine, and as far as I’m concerned it can stay in that tree till the middle of next year.”

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson




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