rundown

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Engineers, lawyers and other emissaries of the U.S. oil industry have flocked to the heavily guarded hotel to pitch their Venezuelan counterparts on plans to revive the country’s rundown oil fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

An NBC reporter gave this rundown: “Part-time jobs, shunned by neighbors, counseling for him and his wife, and a family divided. He sent his daughter to Jordan to escape the attention.”

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Here's a rundown of the trip's top takeaways:

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Here’s a rundown of what the Fed found on the economy, jobs and inflation.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

Hazel and Leo were still ghosts, but now they stood in front of a rundown house next to a drainage ditch overgrown with weeds.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan