testing

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“The market is testing Japanese authorities’ resolve, with spot back at 160 just five weeks after intervention to defend the currency around late April/early May,” the director of Asia macro strategy says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The US military pilot is limited to handling rather than firing weapons, Pathak says, though weaponisation is part of the testing in Ukraine.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The FDA later identified in testing that the baby wipes were contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia and Burkholderia gladioli, bacterias commonly found in soil and water, in product samples tested by the FDA.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

If a person in the diocese comes to fear that they or their loved one has been bodily possessed by a demon, the diocese launches an investigation involving medical, psychological, and psychiatric testing.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

“For three months,” she said, scribbling on the notepad, “with the insulin shots, weekly blood-sugar testing, and prescription food, plus the four hundred forty dollars already sitting on the credit card from his initial tests...”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas