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[oh-ver] / ˈoʊ vər /




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Meta made a $22.4 million tax payment to the parish in May, with the local school district receiving over 50% of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Cowboys would scrape the wriggling larvae from wounds on cattle and smear the now-banned paste over it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Mortgage rates are hovering over 6%, and economists don’t expect them to move sharply in either direction anytime soon.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Long-term bonds need to offer a much bigger relative value over stocks for investors to move over.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Psychologists, surgeons, and neurologists came from all over the world to present scientific papers on frontal cortex injuries.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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