consumers
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The Blocks are among a crowd of consumers who dipped their toes into electric cars in an era when the deals were too good to pass up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Amazon said that by generating its own power, it would avoid passing the cost on to ordinary Americans, whose electricity bills have spiked as utilities charge consumers for the new infrastructure feeding the AI boom.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
By pushing up the cost of borrowing for things such as mortgages, loans and credit cards, central bankers hope consumers will spend less and the rate of price increases will slow.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
News of the food-safety scare might make consumers steer clear of Chipotle restaurants temporarily, and the chain might have to run promotions to get them back, the analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
A milk producer in northern Japan cannot hope to compete in southern Japan, because transporting milk there would take an extra day or two, a fatal disadvantage in the eyes of consumers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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