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Until 2020, big economic shocks tended to push inflation lower: China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, the U.S. mortgage crisis, the euro crisis, the shale oil revolution, the initial wave of Covid-19.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Since 1962, the S&P 500 has tended to produce stronger returns after months when the JK Misery Index finished below 35 than after months when it finished above that threshold, according to Kaeppel.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

The researchers discovered that dinosaurs with shorter arms tended to have especially robust skulls.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

"Certainly in my country folks at the moment have a lot less money to go overseas. For the last three-four years they've tended to take more holidays at home," he says.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Alas, all his tales tended to be about himself and his globe-trotting adventures, and there was a sameness to them that soon wearied Penelope.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood