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While rarely fatal, Lyme disease can cause rashes and flu-like symptoms among people who are bitten by an infected tick, and in some cases neurological problems.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

However, Wilson warned they don't want to make "any mistakes by jumping to do something that we don't really want to do to tick a box".

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Wall Street analysts later explained that the real motivation was likely to protect the Treasury market, just as volatility was starting to tick higher.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

But the whole experience has made me wary enough that now, whether I’ve trekked through nature or the concrete jungle, a quick tick check is a part of my nighttime routine.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

From the forest came the monotonous tick of a beetle.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Just this month, tularemia, also known as rabbit fever and caused by a bacterium in ticks and deer flies, was detected in people living on Long Island.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The ticks are here, and I’m taking them seriously.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Spiders belong to a large group of invertebrates called chelicerates, which also includes scorpions and ticks.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Germany’s DAX ticks into the green—up 0.1%—as utilities and autos rise, even as Adidas extends losses to fall close to 18%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

She flicked off a few ticks that had brushed onto her dress-cloth.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The Nasdaq composite fell 1%, while the S&P 500 ticked 0.9% lower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Coty’s fiscal fourth-quarter loss widened to $141 million from a loss of $68.8 million a year earlier, while revenue ticked up 1% to $1.27 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

U.S. equity indexes were lower in recent trade on Tuesday, even as bond yields ticked slightly lower.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Expectations for inflation in the year ahead ticked up from 4.2 percent in July to 4.3 percent in August, the University of Michigan survey showed.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

As the minutes ticked by, he could hear guard dogs sniffing at the car.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Stocks ended higher, with the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq composite all ticking up 0.2%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

“Paramount will have incurred $1.3 billion in unrecoverable financial losses as a result of ticking fees by the time post-trial briefing concludes, to say nothing of incremental financing fees and delayed synergies,” the motion said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The ticking fees could add $7 million a day — or $650 million a quarter — to the $81 billion that Paramount had already anticipated paying Warner shareholders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

October 1 is significant because it is the date on which a $7 million-a-day "ticking fee" begins accruing for Warner Bros.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Even with his weighted blanket, the ticking clock, and the hawk’s eyes.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers