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Until now, the Sun Belt has felt the brunt of America’s housing affordability crisis, with many sellers forced to make steep price cuts to attract buyers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

The Fire Brigades Union say there have been difficulties recruiting on-call firefighters, and a steep fall in overall firefighter numbers.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“From here we could see how the buildings fell,” said Jimena Cangrejo, who lives on a steep hillside with a view of much of Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Netflix also has contributed to the growth of production in other states and countries offering steep tax breaks and rebates to producers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

As far as Nhamo knew, it contained no animals larger than mice, and the shore was too steep for hippos to invade.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The researchers say, "This finding highlights the steeper challenge faced by deconditioned populations."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

Jurado’s motion also calls on the City Council to consider slapping responsible parties with much steeper fines — ranging from $25,000 to $1 million — for future incidents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Revenue fell 5% to $1.67 billion, but was above analyst forecasts, which expected a slightly steeper decline to $1.64 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

But "the AI buildout is climbing onto a steeper section of track just as the gap between capital spending and internal cash generation narrows", he warned.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

The road wound farther and farther into the hills, going up and down as the slopes by the roadside grew steeper and steeper.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

He notes it’s one of the steepest streets in the entire country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

However, the steepest and most inaccessible terrain acted as a natural barrier, protecting important areas of old-growth forest that logging crews could not easily reach.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

South Korean stocks suffered one of their steepest plunges on Wednesday, with the blood-letting that has battered chip firms over the past month deepening as nervous investors unwound their bets on the AI boom.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The cost of materials rose to a one-year high and companies raised prices on customers to offset their own higher expenses, leading to the steepest rise in business-related inflation since 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

The Tanzanian field staff are wonderful at following the chimps, even through the most difficult places and up the steepest and most treacherous slopes.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

At Lawrence’s urging, George steeps himself in the classics, such as Plutarch and Seneca.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Every day, she steeps herself in the worst imagery the internet has to offer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

Gut-Behrami came down immediately after Shiffrin and took a similar cautious approach on the steeps.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

As the couscous steeps in hot water, burst the cherry tomatoes in olive oil and pan-roast the spices.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2022

“That evil soaks into the soil. Some say it steeps and gets stronger. Maybe this isn’t the place. Maybe Gloria and I should have kept going after Virginia.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Discovery takeover has been steeped in controversy since the beginning.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Hansard's life was steeped in music, from first picking up a guitar as a teenager right until the final hours of his life, when he was performing in a traditional music session.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

And he rooted his holding in the alleged “original meaning” of the amendment through analysis that appeared to be steeped in historical texts.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Lai is steeped in the archaeology of the park, the Gabrielino establishment here, the Zanja Madre irrigation line that served the early pueblo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

When I took cupping classes at Rose City Teas, we always had to smell the tea leaves both before and after they had been steeped.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Roberts put his academic background to work, steeping himself in traffic patterns and how search engines and users prioritized different types of content.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

The beverage and humble ingredient is made by lightly toasting 2 3/4 cups of cornflakes and steeping it in 3 3/4 cups of cold milk for 20 minutes.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025

For one thing, it benefits from steeping in its own juices; cooking it several hours ahead of serving, even a day before, is ideal.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

We often use that concentrated umami powerhouse as a secret weapon by soaking them, then chopping them up and adding them to a soup, sauce or braise along with the steeping liquid.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2023

She knew the flower heads would have to boil till midday and then remain steeping in their water for many hours more.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry