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That makes it easier to access needed cash, but it also can make it too easy to circumvent the overall investing plan.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
French corn production in particular is seen falling 35 percent this year, while overall fodder growth was a third below normal levels as of August 10, the officials said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
These trends mimic global ones: consistent growth overall, with a surge postpandemic.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Shipping “activity has stopped increasing and appears insufficient to prevent the decline in overall Persian Gulf exports and oil flows,” the analysts add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Prize awarded solely on the basis of overall weight of fish caught that day.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Bex is starting to look for overalls for them to wear and jokes that they might need shower caps for their hair.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Footage from inside showed rescue workers in orange overalls and white helmets picking their way through a mass of twisted steel, dangling cables and chunks of ceiling.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The ruling means drivers can use a mandated cooling kit that flows cooled liquid, such as glycol, through a system of pipes in a fireproof top worn under their overalls.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Another man was dressed in overalls in star-spangled colors while one couple wore large and seemingly uncomfortable bald eagle heads, topped by red, white and blue cloth stovepipe hats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
We’d just passed the fire alarm on the corner of Frances and Fleming Streets when a towheaded kid in overalls, with no shirt on underneath, waved to us from the front step of his house.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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