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The result was a fresh risk premium in crude and a renewed market focus on inflation, Saxo analysts said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“We never really had the time to focus on designing the house properly before. We just kept having kids and working,” he explained.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
There will also be a focus on collaborations with social media creators.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Latino entrepreneurs who participated in focus groups and surveys described fewer customers, reduced operating hours, canceled orders, staffing disruptions, depleted savings and accumulated debt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Mama’s not going to let you do this,” I said, trying to focus on a fuzzy, whirling Daddy.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
The fasting mice had better blood values, less fatty liver and liver inflammation and above all: they developed less liver cancer and had fewer cancer foci in the liver.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
What can be said about the symmetry of the graph of an ellipse with center at the origin and foci along the y-axis?
From Textbooks ● Sep. 23, 2020
TRY IT #5 Graph the ellipse given by the equation Identify and label the center, vertices, co- vertices, and foci.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 23, 2020
The line through the foci, is called the transverse axis.
From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020
Even therapeutic measures have the important result not only of curing the patient but of reducing the foci of infection.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
The documentary focuses on three “real Romans,” asking whether they might have been among the survivors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ball, who started at the company earlier this month and focuses on policy strategy, and OpenAI have said his comments don’t reflect the company’s official positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
That technology boosts the capacity of one system, as opposed to “scale-out,” which focuses on connecting systems and racks into larger clusters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
While the press focuses on celebrity award winners, Lawrence says he was glad to showcase people like Michael Akers a "young lad with a disability... who set up a charity advocating for other children".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The parabola has a special property: it takes the rays of light from the sun, or any distant source, and focuses them to a point, concentrating all the light’s energy on a very small area.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
"The metallic tip acts like an antenna and focusses the electromagnetic field in a tiny area below its apex."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
“This shocking news focusses our minds on Michael’s wife Clare and their sons,” said Roy Taylor, a professor of medicine and metabolism at Newcastle University who co-authored “The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet” with Mosley.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
This latest research focusses on how this happens at the structural level.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
When it comes to providing more housing the document focusses again on reform, this time of the planning system.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023
The simple method of producing Shakespeare focusses the interest of the audience on the actor and actress; it gives them a dignity and importance which are unknown to the complex method.
From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Lee, Sidney, Sir
At the time, Revolut said it remained focused on its goal of increasing its customer base to 100 million by mid-2027 from more than 70 million currently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Hilton then framed himself as a “pragmatic, problem-solving change-maker” focused on affordability, promising to lower gas prices, electricity costs and taxes and the cost of homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Normally at this time of year, attention is focused on transfer activity before the new season.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The research focused on laboratory-grown brain tissues called organoids.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
He focused on the golden light, awaiting the familiar tug.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Across Caracas and La Guaira, many were focussed instead on Sunday services in churches to remember those lost and still missing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Anthropic for example has focussed its message on promoting AI safety and tighter regulation.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
Archibald said that by ending petroleum licensing, efforts can be focussed on things like renewable energy and energy efficiency.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
It is focussed on West Antarctica, home to 30-40% of the global population of Emperor penguins.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
“Partly on his interest being focussed on what he calls ‘the soul,’ which he persists in regarding as an entity independent of the physical environment, whereas, as I tried to point out to him ...”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Still, the streaming giant seems to be focusing mainly on the edges of production -- from visualizing a concept early on to color-grading footage after filming wraps.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
He isn’t frontally attacking the national consensus on security policy but is focusing on domestic issues on which the current government is out of step with the majority of Israelis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
She stuck with rural carnival and black-oriented theater settings for her appearances, and stayed South, never focusing on the big Northern cities and venues as Bessie Smith did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
A police investigation led to suspicion focusing on Manners and on 11 October 2024, officers went to his home.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ayanna ignored me, focusing on keeping the raft low to the ground.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
The Green Party also has two sitting councillors and group leader Lauren McLay wants to see a new approach to housing focussing on affordability.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Vaughan said Buttler is focussing too much on his technique while attempting to get out of his rut.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
What is the multi-trillion pound industry focussing on in 2026?
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
They worry that all it does is belittle hard work and dedication, instead, focussing on appearance and the pressure to look a certain way.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
Occasionally, focussing on a linguistic alteration can mislead us into thinking that something important has happened when it hasn’t, or that something happened at a particular moment when it actually happened earlier.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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