gravitate
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It also may offer a glimpse of where the U.S. might be headed if investors continue to increasingly gravitate toward these leveraged products, said Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
Most viewers who gravitate to this “Hollywood Crime Story” installment will know something of American film history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The ties now go beyond simply sharing the same roots; Mexican Americans can now gravitate toward a team with players who represent their dual identity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
As far as quality goes, individual investors have a preference: They gravitate toward stocks with small market capitalizations, volatile returns and high valuations relative to fundamentals like earnings and sales growth.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“It’s a bad sign,” said Scythe Hideyoshi, “when our young hopefuls gravitate so openly to the enemy.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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But she still fears people "make assumptions" based on her accent so at networking events she gravitates towards others with a Welsh accent.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
When volatility rises, capital gravitates toward systems that can contain it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
They are the kinds of stocks Warren Buffett External link gravitates toward.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025
Winston, at normal times the kind of person who gravitates to the outer edge of any kind of scrimmage, shoved, butted, squirmed his way forward into the heart of the crowd.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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He also emphasized that Target had “much more work to do” to win back consumers, who have gravitated to rivals that have been able to offer deeper discounts.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Since the release of the New York-based outfit’s self-titled debut album in 2017, critics have gravitated to his work, and you might see his group’s records showing up on year-end lists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Instead, I gravitated toward a pile of thin-necked yellow summer squash.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Aside from options, the retail cohort has also gravitated toward another product with embedded leverage: Leveraged exchange-traded funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
At secondhand shops, Sourmelina gravitated to Vegas showgirl outfits.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Meanwhile, masked flower bearers started to appear, gravitating towards the scene of the incident and laying vibrant bouquets at the base of what has now been dubbed the Justice Tree.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
For years, I’ve found myself gravitating towards stories about neighborhood restaurants, family businesses, local farmers, and food traditions — not because they’re quaint or nostalgic, but because they’re windows into something larger.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Mark Taper Forum had to suspend programming for more than a year, smaller companies still in operation are producing fewer shows, and producers everywhere are gravitating toward the bankably familiar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Consumers increasingly are gravitating away from the bone-in wings that made KFC a global success.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
But with guidance, as they developed self-confidence and maturity, they moved on to other jobs, gravitating toward those that would suit their own interests and skills.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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