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Ten-year yields hit 4.859%, while 30-year yields rose to 5.309%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Workers from their office arrived at Ground Zero after the planes hit the towers, and were there when the buildings collapsed.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
XPO, Saia, Knight-Swift, and Paccar could benefit as tightening trucking capacity and improving freight rates outweigh the hit from soaring diesel prices.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Downtown Los Angeles hit 105 degrees, tying the record for the calendar day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
And then, still smiling, he thrust his right hand forward and said, ‘Heil Hitler!’ and the shock of it hit me so hard it felt almost as if he’d punched me with his fist.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
He’d limited the Reds to just four hits, while recording five strikeouts in an efficient performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Coxon’s departure hits at a critical moment as Anthropic gears up for an IPO expected to be among the largest ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
In an opening montage, we hear how Oasis conquered the world in the 1990s with hits like Wonderwall and Roll With It.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The lawsuit hits Oura right as the company with an $11 billion valuation is filing for an initial public offering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
It rained that afternoon and all evening, the kind of rain that stings when it hits your skin.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Bloomingdale’s was a bright spot for the company once again, with sales volume hitting its highest second-quarter level in the brand’s history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Woad is among four rookies in the European team joining fellow Englishwoman Mimi Rhodes, France's Nastasia Nadaud and the big hitting Spaniard Julia Lopez Ramirez.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Both main crude contracts jumped more than one percent Wednesday, with Brent hitting as high as $99.67 and a whisker away from the $100 last touched in July.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Back home in Iowa, Marcus English said he’d probably be hosting bonfires or hitting up local pools in mid- to late August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
They seemed to learn fast, however, and soon—within days and even hours, in some cases—small birds were hitting small cars and larger birds were hitting the trucks and larger vehicles.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
