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The firm said three nuclear reactors operating in the region at the time were functioning normally.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Sales of cheaper subcompact SUVs rose more than 23% last month compared with a year prior, according to industry-research firm Kelley Blue Book, while full-size pickups inched higher just 2.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
In an emergency video call with hundreds of cyber-security professionals, the firm described how the AI worked at superhuman speed but also made strange decisions and mistakes that no human hacker would have made.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
A public interest firm willing to carry the case without charge, because no sane person spends airplane money in legal fees to recover an airplane.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
“You need the firm hand of a schoolmarm, Nell. We will enroll you today.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
More than 70 Silicon Valley firms have now added their names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Construction firms have to submit designs to them before building.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The two firms have fallen almost 50 percent since hitting all-time highs last month, while the Kospi is down more than 30 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Some firms may be more willing to list several leveraged or inverse funds when they have a relatively large one in the lineup that’s generating revenue from assets under management.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Eisman was now convinced a lot of the biggest firms on Wall Street did not understand their own risks, and were in peril.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
But there may be a force at play with an even firmer hold on the American man: gas prices.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
That's a firmer line than he gave when I interviewed him four years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
And while higher interest rates certainly could bite, they are also indicative of an economy that is on firmer footing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Weather-related production risks have historically led to firmer palm oil prices as markets price in tighter supply, it says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Walk along the muddy shore until the ground begins to slope up and get firmer and drier beneath our feet.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
Intel looks to be “on its firmest footing in years,” Seaport Research analyst Jay Goldberg said in a Thursday note.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
He said the 17th green, typically one of the firmest on the course, is a good example of that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
He told BBC Newsnight's special programme: "Why has this one got the firmest of lids on it? I think it is because it goes to the heart of the British state."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
Folky fingerpicking and new-agey thoughts about self-help make “Deeper Well” one of the gentlest but firmest rebuffs imaginable.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
In her gentlest but firmest way, she gathered up the surviving demons and set them in work crews to clearing the mounds from which people were calling.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
He said industry guidance had been "firmed up".
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
The news, released Friday morning, shattered the markets’ assumption that the labor market has firmed and hiring is on the upswing.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
Solid job gains and low unemployment would be seen by a majority of Fed officials as further evidence that the labor market has firmed.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
To me, that hints at the possibility that the six-justice majority firmed up very quickly after arguments.
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2026
She took a few wobbly steps forward, then firmed up her stride.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
The report suggests the labor market is firming across multiple sectors after near-zero job growth last year, despite more recent concerns about rising energy prices that have driven consumer sentiment to a record low.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
With the labor market firming, Fed policymakers flagged an increased concern about inflation, and rate hikes are potentially in the pipeline to tame raging prices.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Our organization’s modeling for another Midwestern state, Indiana, estimates that new solar costs increase from $76.79 a megawatt-hour to $159.24 a megawatt-hour once firming costs to maintain reliability are included.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
The relentless rally in equities, signs of firming job growth, and surprisingly hawkish minutes from the April Federal Open Market Committee meeting all added to the mix.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
The awkwardness of the Carnegie Mellon encounter, however, had a firming effect on Stallman's own moral lassitude.
From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam
