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Lee also asserts that the recent poor reactions to technology earning beats don’t reflect that profit prospects are priced in, but that the broader market is just enduring a period of nervousness.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
That guidance suggests that teenage girls in particular are illiterate about their own bodies, and as a result make poor health decisions.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
And now, with victory in sight, a poor chip had left him with a 14-footer for par.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The boat was poor quality, overcrowded and "appeared to be deflating upon interception", the prosecutor added.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Was he just being kind to the poor girl?
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
For national tournaments, the corollary is how poorer countries always have to match up against richer ones for regional faceoffs and qualifiers that culminate in the quadrennial dream that is the World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
PIX has helped millions of poorer Brazilians, a key segment of his political base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Along the highway from Ankara airport to the city centre, municipal workers have been planting flowers and installing giant billboards to shield views of dilapidated homes and poorer neighbourhoods.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Earlier research has also suggested that low B12 status may be linked with poorer muscle function in older adults, although much of this work is observational and cannot prove cause and effect.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
He was sure enough about it to have made some account-closing bets on the horse, at least one as a side wager with his father, and he was a great deal poorer for it.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Gov. Gavin Newsom called Imperial Valley “the Saudi Arabia of lithium” in 2022, and has touted the industry’s potential to bring jobs and community benefits to one of the poorest counties in the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
It was undoubtedly the poorest of his three campaigns since he arrived from Brighton for £35m in 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Children from the poorest 10% of areas in England made up 15% of referrals, compared to 7.6% from the least deprived areas.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Despite its long tradition, the farming output of Bulgaria -- the European Union's poorest member -- has been falling as production costs are eating into margins.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The sight of the drowned farmland, the result of a dam that had made his patients some of the poorest on this earth, was Farmer’s lens on the world.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
