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“This backdrop has meant that markets this morning have reversed a good chunk of Friday’s moves,” said Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

He expects the city — typically boisterous with Latin acts then — to lose a big chunk of music tourism from the north and south.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

The diagram shows the basis of the 18% figure, as well as one showing 46% chunk of jobs will see less immediate change:

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

A chunk of bone discovered on a beach by a schoolgirl could be up to half a million years old, according to an evolutionary biologist.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

To do this, they’d cut a small chunk of the horsehoof mushroom that grows on dead birch trees, and set fire to it, then blown it out so that it was just shouldering.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver