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China's factory activity shrank for an eighth straight month in November, official data showed Sunday, suggesting the world's second-largest economy remains subdued despite a trade truce with the United States.

Not so much for food but everything else — housing costs exploded, employer coverage for healthcare shrank, college costs became crippling and transportation costs rose.

The U.S. trade deficit shrank in August, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, giving a delayed look at how tariffs were shaping international trade flows over the summer.

He came toward the children, who shrank back until the foolish man dropped to his knees.

The parrot shrank as far from Cassiopeia’s reach as it could, its claws digging deep into the scalp of the protesting actor to whom it was attached.