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As part of a bigger behavioral shift, they appear “increasingly willing to reduce single-name risk” while favoring ETFs, the firm added, saying the “change that could still leave popular momentum names vulnerable if earnings disappoint.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Wat directs them to leave immediately but Max starts to argue about the exit plan and soon enough those crazy kids are on their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Among those who could leave on either a permanent deal or loan are Nicolas Jackson, Liam Delap and Marc Guiu.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Hot nights can make it harder to fall asleep, increase waking during the night and leave people feeling less rested the next day.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
The elk had been especially lovely company, and it had given Clare an unusual pang of sadness to watch her leave.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
I found myself surprisingly moved by the meditative activities and programming, even if it felt silly at first to be constructing a mandala with leaves and twigs in the middle of a workweek.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
It’s a wistful, country-folk paean that offers both a wry yet realistic assessment of the disposition of collections someone leaves the planet.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Guterres, who leaves office at the end of the year, was on the first visit to the Mediterranean island by a UN secretary-general since 2010.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
He wants to be sure he makes the right decision because, unlike the last time he stepped away from F1 in 2018, there will be no coming back this time when he leaves.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Once Miss Genovese leaves, I feel the soft nudge of Helen’s sleeve against mine.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Curly Leafed Collards: Those curly leaved varieties Smith mentions can make them look more like kale than the large, smooth leaves we typically think of with collards.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023
“As soon as all the trees leaved out, I was like, ‘I’m staying forever,’” she said of spring’s recent start, singing those last few words in a soprano vibrato.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Want to try out this delicately leaved vine?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2020
The etchings’ chief subject is nature’s bounty and mysteriousness, manifest in big, densely leaved trees and densely treed hillsides.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013
Most of the trees were short, heavily leaved.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
You may be better off opting for a transfer-on-death deed for your house instead of leaving it in your will.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
At the start of frying, the tiny pores inside a potato are still filled with water, leaving little room for oil.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
The MSP told BBC Scotland News that he received a letter a few weeks ago informing him that Burns would be leaving prison this week.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Anthropic didn’t sign a letter supporting open-weight models, leaving it as one of the only notable AI companies not to back the statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Whenever you’re ready,” her moshom said, then backed away, leaving her pretty much in front of the crowd, standing near the mic.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
For example, I remember one situation early in my career in which one child received her inheritance outright while her siblings’ inheritances were left in trust.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
She sees the campus as filling a void left by decades of cuts to arts education while providing a place where residents can gather and learn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Bodies found at a funeral home in varying states of decomposition had been "simply abandoned" and left "for nature to take its course", a court has heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Etna, a mixed-breed shepherd, is a mine-sniffing dog with the American military during a devastating future war in a country that is left unnamed, though hints point to the Korean peninsula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
But the pieces she left behind are enough to leave us in wonder.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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