sharply
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Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picked up sharply after the U.S. and Iran signed an interim deal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
“The discounts widened sharply after the Leech news broke, which you’d expect. But I’m not rushing in.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026
The memory-chip company was following the example of its South Korean peers after SK Hynix External link and Samsung Electronics External link headed sharply downward.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
It comes after shares in Apple fell sharply on Thursday after it announced it would raise the prices of its iPads and MacBooks due to the soaring cost of computer chips.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Regan looked particularly wild, her blond hair, usually straight, waving out in unruly tangles and twists that made her wide frightened eyes stand out sharply in her pale face.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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