downward

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Higher yields typically put downward pressure on tech stocks because the valuations of growth companies are heavily tied to future expected earnings, and rising interest rates can squeeze their profit margins.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026

That probably put downward pressure on bond yields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The unusually steep downward revision was due to a sharper-than-estimated contraction in Ireland -- where economic activity fell 12.1 percent compared to an initial forecast of two percent.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Roz kept expecting the seabed to slope downward, into the deep, but the shallow sea stretched on and on.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown