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“Financial conditions have been tightening thanks to interest rates increasing at the long end of the curve,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"All summer long, I've been picking up bits of drones washed up on the beach," added Baronov, a mechanical engineer by training who harbours a fascination with military hardware.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Similarly, some companies have been hoping to avoid passing on higher fuel costs to consumers for as long as possible.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Each approach has potential drawbacks, including differences in how precisely the particles can be delivered and how long they remain inside the blood vessels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Arlo gets to play all the current hip-hop he wants, so long as it’s the clean version.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The network confirmed in November that it no longer employs Sanchez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Worth noting here that, even though he’s been in the game far longer than Gillis, Chappelle’s hosting number is only one larger than his . . . wonder why that is?
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026
"I hand-modeled for a local jewelry store, I sell everything that sits longer than ten minutes at my house on Facebook swap sites, I resell clothes on ThredUp and Poshmark."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Still, the housing crash had consequences that lasted far longer than the recession itself.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
By the time the dark of night came down around us, it was no longer hunger that bothered me so much, as the cold.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Chip stocks are on track to fall for a seventh consecutive day, their longest losing streak since May 2025.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
One more day, and this will be the longest stretch without a notable pullback since January 2020, according to Jonathan Krinsky, a top technical strategist at BTIG.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Russell 2000 index, which tracks shares of smaller companies, fell for a fifth-straight week, its longest weekly losing streak since May 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
He faced 33 balls and did not score a run, making his duck the longest by an Australian opener in Test history - the third-longest by any Test opener.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Probably because Kyle Keeley had the longest to-be-read list of any kid in the country.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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