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This is illustrated in the chart below, which plots the percentage of publicly traded companies for which there was net insider buying during March.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Melvin Edwards, a sculptor best known for abstract steel works that illustrated the history and resistance of African Americans, died March 30 at his Baltimore home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Building nuclear reactors can be subject to extremely long delays, as recent examples in France and the UK have illustrated, at Flamanville-3 and Hinkley Point C.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Deighton’s illustrated “cookstrips” in London newspapers encouraged British men to cook and were collected into cookbooks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The Daily Mail, in the United Kingdom, even illustrated the report with a photo of a kilt, explaining that a kilt is “the national dress of Scotland.”

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater