pandemic

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To pay for these raises, the district was buoyed by pandemic relief aid and, also, never hired many of the employees budgeted under this aid.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Air China restarted direct flights between the two capitals last week, ending a six-year pause initiated by the pandemic.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Still, the increase in wages in the past 12 months ended in February slowed to 4.3%, the second smallest rate since the end of the pandemic.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Economists had blamed some of the extended slowdown on the RBNZ’s policy of aggressive interest-rate increases in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic when inflation ran hot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Steve Malone, too, compared Mount St. Helens to the pandemic.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone