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Inflation and interest rates also influence gold's popularity.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The duo of outsiders broke through a system dominated by elite appellate attorneys, who go to great lengths to identify cases that might interest the high court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
As an investor, that’s a combination that piques my interest.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
If Paxton wins, an incomplete picture of his finances could prevent watchdogs from evaluating his conflicts of interest as a senator, Holman and others said.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
He wasn’t actually sorry, because Janie’s interest was stupid.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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He spoke of an "episode in which numerous actors and interests converge", doubling down on his assertion that hoaxes and rumours spread by social media had sparked the crisis.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, the food industry has tried to keep up with consumers’ interests in things like protein and fiber, as wellness trends and increased GLP-1 use reshape diets.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Negotiating competing interests seems to come naturally to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Chase said the acquisition marked an expansion of the library’s collecting interests beyond its millions of rare books, manuscripts and historical items spanning from the 11th through the 21st centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
What the press—and seemingly everyone else—failed to understand was that it was Bobby’s shrewdness in protecting his financial interests, rather than temper tantrums or neuroses, that was making him hesitate.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Manchester United, who were attracted to Lewis-Skelly's ability to play at left-back, were interested but ultimately deemed his valuation too high.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Sabalenka didn’t appear particularly interested in policing what New Yorkers do in their spare time as recreational use is legal in the state.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
As the Wall Street Journal reported from Iowa this week, Cruz has been “quietly asking people if they would be interested in working on his 2028 bid.”
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Molchanova, a design student in Russia, told Epstein she was interested in fashion design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
We kept the shop open, not because anyone was interested in watches, but because people wanted to see Father.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Sculptra is particularly interesting for this theme because it stimulates collagen production, rather than simply filling wrinkles.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Transparency is a very interesting word,” the governor told the Times.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
What’s more interesting, then, is not the proposal itself, which consisted of only a sentence, but the reason Johnson felt the need to introduce the measure in the first place.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
But it will be interesting to see what they’re able to do with a bigger backing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Perhaps Simon would learn something interesting from Great-Uncle Pudge himself, at the old sailors’ home in Brighton, and send news.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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