current events

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“They started development last fall, so you can’t totally blame current events like the Iran war or Venezuela,” Prétat said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The pivot from sculpture to video games was necessitated by current events, said a member of the group.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The Young Guards was formed in 2021 by an elected representative of the LFI but in the face of current events has been disbanded.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Matejka is careful to differentiate between current events and the oil-price shock of 2022 because that exacerbated an upward trend in inflation that was already triggered by the global pandemic.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

There were kids from Uruguay and Korea who had just learned English but were doing extra credit for the current events stuff in Intro to Wall Street, reading Barron’s and Crain’s Business Daily.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini