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Analysts expect few breakthroughs as trade tensions simmer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Nick and Vanessa originally moved to Honolulu in 2021, when the latter landed her role on the show, and a few months later they purchased a stunning home there for $8.8 million.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Comparing results across studies is also difficult because relatively few investigations combine biological findings with a detailed chemical analysis of the exact mulberry preparation being tested.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
While Carnegie Mellon operates satellite campuses in New York City; Mountain View, Calif.; and Qatar, serving up to a few hundred students each, Miami will be its largest expansion by far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
When she first arrived with a few hundred prisoners, she thought it would only be weeks before the Americans rescued them.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
As drugmakers seek to carve out a piece of the massive weight-loss-drug market, more are studying whether adding an amylin drug to a GLP-1 could increase weight loss with fewer side effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
On Instagram the official Arabic account of Salisbury FC has more than 14,000 followers - only slightly fewer than their official English profile.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The average calendar year contains 21 such days, and there’s never been a year with fewer than five, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
"Below a certain threshold, services do not simply reach fewer people; they can stop functioning altogether, leaving those most at risk without the protection they need."
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
While we were seeing fewer and fewer hummingbears each fall, by the time I was nearly eleven, the screechers had all but disappeared.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
When Dostberg recently examined children’s garments sold in Sweden, he detected the highest number and levels of chemicals in garments made of 100% polyester, and the fewest and lowest levels in white and light-colored cotton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“The communities with the greatest need for expanded access to affordable bachelor’s degrees should not become the communities with the fewest options for creating them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The giant payroll processor ADP, for instance, said that in August, private-sector businesses added the fewest new jobs in seven months: just 38,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
But it was not just about attacking, their seven goals conceded was the fewest in the Premier League too.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A hired boy took on a few, and Chris Beeston reluctantly agreed to don women's costume again, and for a time the sharers scheduled the plays with the fewest female roles.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
