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But other than avoiding tick bites, there’s no obvious solution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Fear of tick bites rather than shark attacks now dominate the conversation,” agreed an op-ed in the Vineyard Gazette.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

A delayed reaction adds to the muddle because most victims don’t get sick until hours after eating, and weeks or months after the tick bite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were expecting to see the figure tick up to 200,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

I watched the hands on the clock tick around calmly.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

A proposed Roomba-like device to suck ticks out of the grass probably does not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

“The holy grail is a tick vaccine,” Lea Hamner, an epidemiologist with a tick-focused program on the island, told an anxious crowd at one of the many public meetings focused on ticks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

America’s favorite clock-counting controversy ticks on as the Mid-American Conference lodges an official appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Japan currently ticks all three of those boxes,” says Colvin.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

“It was originally discovered in the town of Lyme, Connecticut, not too far from here. You catch it from tick bites. The woods are full of ticks this year.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

While the 10-year Treasury yield Thursday ticked lower to 5.233%, it is fresh off its steepest one-quarter run-up since 1994, helping propel U.S. mortgage rates past 7%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The unemployment rate also ticked higher to 4.2%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The average selling price for used vehicles climbed 6.3% to $27,623, while the average selling price for wholesale vehicles ticked up 1.8% to $8,036.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

But less than five years later, as final seconds ticked away on a 41-27 loss to Oregon on Saturday, fans trudged toward the exits, and that very same stadium sat in hushed disbelief.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

“Because”—Anya ticked off on her fingers—“you can hardly walk. You’ve never eaten anything with a human mouth.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

With the hours ticking down to the closing ceremony, when Japan will hand over the baton to Doha, top officials were on the defensive.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The sets have too many doors, the scenes have a delirious number of extras and the actors yell their lines over the distracting clatter of crackling fireplaces, beeping machines and ticking clocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“While the constant rotation has kept us from seeing a correlation-one selloff, we continue to think the clock is ticking, and we see one sooner than later,” says Krinsky.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

"He's a superstar and I'd love to think I'd have the opportunity to be up against him again, but I don't know, maybe time is ticking."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

He wound his watch, listened in rapture to its steady ticking, and went to read his book, really more to be back in his old routine than for the sake of reading.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig