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Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods tumbled toward their worst day in three years on Tuesday, as the sporting-goods retailer’s bleak earnings report revealed that people needed deeper discounts to buy athletic shoes and clothes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
“The Disappearers” continues in the bitter aftermath of the attack, advancing into the 1990s and early 2000s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
While a Roth IRA offers tax-free growth and tax-free withdrawals in retirement, its withdrawal rules make it less ideal for midterm financial goals like buying a home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
They had understood the audition call to be the kind of secret code that gay men used to organize their gatherings, but in this case there really is a play to perform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Captain Colayco was instrumental in the February 1945 liberation of Santo Tomas, where he once served on the faculty.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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I’ve also heard from various people telling me their whole financial picture, down to the pennies in their accounts, and the ins and outs of their divorces, estate fights and bad relationships with financial professionals.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“If you don’t know the ins and outs and nuts and bolts inside City Hall, how are you going to be mayor?” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
From there, the ins and outs of the trial are difficult to summarize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
However, he added: "Parliament needs to actually talk about the priorities of the British people, and that is not primarily about the ins and outs of Peter Mandelson."
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
His ironies, and these ins and outs of a border-dispute with Orgoreyn, were of no interest to me.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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They are likewise to carry home corn, which is not inned till August and September.
From A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. by Charles Morton
In 1622 Sir Henry Appleton, the owner of the marsh, agreed to give one-third of it to Joas Croppenburg, a Dutchman skilled in the making of dikes, if he "inned" the marsh.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by C. J. (Charles John) Cornish
The last landed, inned, or stowed, of any sort of merchandise: so called by the water-side porters, carmen, &c.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Second inning, Blake Snell gives up a one-out single to Spencer Horowitz, who advances to second on a passed ball, but Snell strands him with a strikeout of Billy Cook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
He had the winning hit Saturday, a two-run single in the fifth inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
In the seventh inning of the Dodgers’ 11-5 victory against the Rockies, Tucker seemed to camp right under a shallow fly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
During the Dodgers’ 11-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night, Díaz pitched the ninth inning and gave up three runs and four hits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
No business went out to center field the first inning.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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