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In some locations, water supply has been cut for up to 24 hours.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The guidance cut was well beyond the low end, with weakness cyclical and demand-driven, analysts at Bernstein said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Brazil’s central bank cut interest rates Wednesday for the fifth consecutive time as inflation continued to cool and the economy slowed under still elevated borrowing costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The electricity scheme reflects two policies which apply in GB: a temporary cut in VAT and the removal tax of some consumer levies.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Yo, I’m not keeping your spot in this line, cousin, not if you’re gonna—” Kiki cut herself off.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
In the coastal Gambian town of Tanji, Sirah Darboe-Manneh cleans fish next to a row of ice boxes laying empty because of relentless power cuts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The quarter-point increase lifts the benchmark federal-funds rate to between 3.75% and 4%, beginning to take back cuts the Fed made last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
His figures already take into account job cuts over the next three years that are expected to surpass 6,000 in a system that employed about 83,000 last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
A small majority also said rates could rise further to the 4.25-4.5% next year, before cuts begin in 2028 and 2029.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Ray cuts his hair kind of like Bruce Lee, because he says Lee is the only martial artist who deserves to be feared.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
The following summer, he traveled across Oklahoma and Kansas, cutting fields of wheat.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Plus, if mortgage rates do rise further, the mortgage-rate buydowns that home builders have been relying on to drive sales would become more expensive, cutting into profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Speaking at an event held by the Senedd Sources podcast, external on Tuesday, Plaid's Minister for Government Effectiveness, Dafydd Trystan Davies, did not rule out cutting or changing the Flying Start programme.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Families with children typically spend more, so cutting back would require things like planning low-cost meals, saying no to prepared and convenience foods, making use of leftovers and bringing lunch to work.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Bat, close the refrigerator door!” yelled his sister, Janie, from the kitchen table, where she sat cutting out pictures from a pile of old magazines.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
