confluence

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Whether you are thinking about the energy shocks of the 1970s or the coal shocks of the early 19th century, one typically observed a confluence of coincident shocks.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The confluence of these three developments — oil above $100 a barrel, a 2-year yield above the fed funds rate, and a bear-steepening dynamic in the bond market — is making some investors nervous.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

But in Mark Oppenheimer’s “Judy Blume: A Life,” her meteoric rise appears fueled by a confluence of fortune that would have been unlikely at any other moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The hearing in Los Angeles federal court marked the confluence of three orders — two judicial and one executive — that will shape the future of the long neglected campus for decades to come.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

It stands to reason, then, that somewhere along that street should be a spot corresponding to the ancient city’s main crossing, the confluence of the Street of the Soma and the east—west-running Canopic Way.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro