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“Capex falls, free cash flow recovers, and the issuance pipeline shrinks,” Karoui wrote in a note this past week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The Los Angeles County Fire Department Forestry Division also has been offering free oaks, in addition to other native plants, at its two nurseries in San Dimas and Malibu for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
I read such stories aloud and adhered to commanding officers’ warnings to keep “notes to the boat” free of any references to stress at home, lest we lower troop morale.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
In the next free issue of my Let’s Analyze newsletter on Substack, I’ll reveal the company, explain why I’m buying more and share the price I’m targeting.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The pain in Torak’s chest broke loose and lifted free.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
“People are much freer in being vocal about Jews,” Ms. Berg says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
To give this freer approach some direction, United appear to have established a set of shared tactical principles and concepts.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Any credible path toward de-escalation and freer flows through Hormuz would ease one of the biggest risk premiums hanging over crude.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
He felt freer to work when operating outside of the United States.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
But if he were to marry one of the Horner girls, or anyone else, he could see the obligations ahead, whereas if he remained single, he would be freer to pursue his science.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
It struck musicians and illustrators, YouTubers and Instagrammers, self-proclaimed anxious wrecks and the freest of spirits.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF seeks exposure to “the freest emerging markets, because we believe those are the places to find the next big growth stories,” Tolle said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 17, 2025
Spain today is one of the freest countries in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Heti is one of the freest writers and thinkers I know.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
And all this is happening in the richest and freest country in the world, and in the middle of the twentieth century.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
That frees up experienced cyber workers to investigate more serious alerts that require professional judgment, he said: “The work doesn’t disappear; it moves up the stack.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Concerned by the threat of United's full-backs in space, the opposition may move over, which frees up space for team-mates to pass the ball into the midfielders in the centre of the pitch.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“When you go through something like that,” he says, “you really start taking inventory of your life. There’s something about that that frees you up to take a risk. I was ready to reinvent myself.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Viola Spolin, one of the great acting teachers of the 20th century, put it simply: “being part of the whole generates trust and frees the player for playing, the many then acting as one.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Hel frees the cord while I grab the harness and strap myself in—I’ll have to carry her down.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
That, too, may feel inadequate and potentially perilous—would Clancy be freed in just a few years?
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Mason eventually petitioned for her freedom in court and was freed in 1856 along with several members of her family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Dix was a key adviser during the Himalayan rescue effort that successfully freed all 41 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed under-construction road tunnel in 2023.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Once emergency funding has been freed up, what else is there to do but send thoughts and prayers?
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
As Black men were freed, many joined the Union cause.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Over here on the savory side, I’m equally evangelical about freeing stuffing from Thanksgiving.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Norris said he suspected the number of extra prison spaces created from freeing up existing space within prisons would be "landing somewhere in the middle" of 200 and 900.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
In 2010, he filed a habeas petition to challenge his detention with assistance from the Innocence Center, a San Diego-based nonprofit law firm dedicated to freeing people who have been wrongly convicted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
There is also an amazing collection of letters written primarily by Black parents to Union Army officials, asking for help freeing their children.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The witch would have cured the injury by now, but would probably not come after her until freeing Bahumat, since Kendra had such a big head start.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
