severity

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“Warnings over the severity of the global supply squeeze continue to intensify, with tightness in refined fuel markets already pushing diesel and jet fuel prices toward $200 per barrel,” Saxo Bank strategists wrote on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

“Warnings over the severity of the global supply squeeze continue to intensify, with tightness in refined fuel markets already pushing diesel and jet fuel prices toward $200 per barrel,” analysts at Saxo Bank said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

It includes dozens of measures aimed at improving resilience and reducing the frequency and severity of fires.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

According to the California Department of Public Health, the Cicada subvariant remains at low levels in the state’s wastewater, and there have been no reports of increased severity of illness among those who were infected.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

He despised her spirit of sacrifice, her severity, her vocation for poverty, and her unshakable chastity, which he felt as a reproach toward his own egotistical, sensual, power- hungry nature.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende