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Meanwhile, France’s central bank chief Emmanuel Moulin said he doesn’t think the ECB needs to intervene at this point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“And at some point, it’s going to click for him, and the other team’s going to be in big trouble.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
He is 22nd in the drivers' standings, is yet to score a point after 16 Grands Prix and has failed to finish eight races.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“If we can’t use our base when we have a contingency, what’s the point of having the base and, frankly, the point of the alliance?” he said on Fox News.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
At some point I ran to the back for the kettle and when I returned, Anna May and Mr. Howe the cameraman were chatting with Ba.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Keeping your balance on a revolving stage probably sounds easy when you compare it with battling demogorgons, but Gaten Matarazzo points out one big difference.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The stand-up curriculum includes simple prompts to help them discover their unique points of view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
That would, in theory at least, set a firm and realistic agenda, cutting the endless hours of gruelling negotiations that often dominate COP meetings before votes are taken on individual technical points.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The 10-year French OAT yield was up 5.4 basis points at 4.906%, while the 10-year German Bund yield rose 1.3 basis points to 3.500%, according to Tradeweb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
If he reads it, he’ll understand that of course I’m not using him for points on some list.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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It also pointed to disruption to care that was caused by the strikes by resident doctors, a dispute which has now been settled.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
That effect pointed to another possible application for the technology.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Feng pointed out that as the AI boom accelerated, his firm was able to actively hire new AI talent during performance dips for the industry, leading to “prolific model development” currently contributing to outperformance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Nevertheless, ING economist Carsten Brzeski said that the data pointed a positive picture overall.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
But in the moment of the conversation my pointed questions had flown out of my head and they were replaced instead by grief and confusion.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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PepsiCo PEP -1.58%decrease; down pointing triangle cut its earnings outlook for the year and said it will continue removing costs from the business, as it works to turn around its struggling North American business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
German exports fell again in August, pointing to volatility in international demand and dimming hopes that trade will underpin the country’s economic growth this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Sources told the BBC that Salt stood pointing his mobile at the training session, while wearing in-ear headphones.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Audiences have become accustomed to Mungiu pointing out uncomfortable truths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Rapping mediums, including the Fox sisters, began pointing to an alphabet written on cards; rather than calling it aloud.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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