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They point out that when Warsh was campaigning for the job of Fed chair, he seemed to favor cuts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
Elon Musk called Hassabis’s proposal “a thoughtful framework overall and certainly a good starting point for discussion,” while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted something similar on X: “this is a thoughtful proposal from demis.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
"Our findings point to biological pathways involving inflammation and scarring and highlight molecular targets that future research can explore to better understand how coffee may influence liver health and who stands to benefit the most."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
The major fires have been burning for two or three days, with many hundreds of firefighters battling them around the clock, to the point of exhaustion.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Nine, at this point, was quite irritated with the half-dead fox, who seemed not only to have failed to follow their clearly mapped-out plan but to have forgotten it altogether.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Denmark's Mads Pedersen of Lidl-Trek will win the green points jersey in Paris on Sunday just by finishing as he leads Belgium's Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Premier Tech by an uncatchable 82 points.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
"This points toward new therapeutic targets like sensory circuit neuromodulation or balancing neuronal inhibition and excitation, rather than toward rapamycin itself as a treatment," Harris said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
They earned house points throughout their eight-week internship through challenges designed to reinforce their training.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Araki quickly points out that there is also much of himself in Wilde’s artist character and some of her most outrageous dialogue comes straight from things Araki has said in his own past interviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Father jostles my knee and points at the skyline.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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But some analysts had pointed out amlitelimab’s efficacy didn’t beat Sanofi’s existing treatment Dupixent, the group’s bestselling product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
O’Regan further pointed out that weakness in the Korean chip sector could be reverberating across the sector on Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
April Walker, a San Diego resident, was observing federal immigration agents in a Target Parking lot in April when she said they boxed her in and pointed a camera at her face and license plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
However, the authors pointed to several possible explanations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
A girl stationed a few lockers down pointed across the room, over the heads of the other girls readying for the shift.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Those arguments have been countered by Micron MU -6.99%decrease; down pointing triangle , the only sizable U.S. maker of memory chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the target had become more challenging to meet, pointing to increased construction costs as one of the reasons for that.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
SLB SLB -0.94%decrease; down pointing triangle logged higher revenue in the second quarter, as higher offshore activity and strong demand across its quickly growing data-center business helped to offset continued disruptions across the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Footage of Cunningham coolly staring down and pointing mockingly at one such foe for 22 unflinching seconds following a scuffle last month went viral, launching countless memes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Mum asks, pointing to a small clearing on the water’s edge where the grass looks flat and dry.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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