gain
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How did he gain the courage to write about people of other races, cultures and genders?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
For example, the latest ISM manufacturing index accelerated to 54, the highest reading since 2022, while Friday’s jobs data showed a rolling three-month average gain of 166,000, the highest since 2023.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
Their oil production businesses gain if inventories keep falling and crude prices rise, while their refineries, trading desks, chemical plants, and logistics networks can profit from the dislocations created by the war.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
He has taken proactive steps to gain work experience at Acorns Hospice charity shop in Shard End.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Allied forces continued their attacks, with little gain, until snowstorms and rain turned the Somme battlefield into a muddy morass.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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