invasion

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August 2022 was the last time the national average for a gallon of gas hit $4, during the early months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

In 1990, when gasoline prices jumped in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, helping to precipitate a recession, the average light vehicle got 18.8 miles to the gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

ChatGPT launched nine months after Russia’s Ukraine invasion, taking tech stocks and power industry-exposed stocks on a wild rally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Stock futures were falling on Sunday and crude futures were rising ahead of a holiday-shortened week of trading in the U.S., and after officials in Iran warned against a possible U.S. ground invasion.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

His code name for the invasion was “Operation Barbarossa,” after the great twelfth-century tactician and emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who unified many European kingdoms under German rule as leader of the Holy Roman Empire.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein