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That’s what happened in late 1999 and early 2000 with internet stocks and in 2021 with bitcoin, when proponents lashed out at skeptics—right before prices collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

It might still be too little, too late.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

By late Thursday, the company Instructure, which owns Canvas, posted an update on its website saying that Canvas was "available for most users".

From BBC • May 8, 2026

In late April, President Donald Trump requested a record-breaking $1.5 trillion defense budget, which, if approved, would mark the largest ever increase in Department of Defense funding.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

It was surely too late to find another teacher who’d teach in a place like that.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck