trail
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Parton’s work blazed a trail for such genre-defying superstars as Shania Twain, the Chicks and Taylor Swift, but her accomplishments went far beyond her music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
President Lee, a self-described ant, talked up his stockholdings on the campaign trail last year and pledged to nearly double the Kospi to a record 5,000 points by 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
A mosquito researcher offers tips and tricks to avoid leaving the trail with itchy red bumps from our local bloodsuckers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Her car was found in a car park at the bottom of a challenging trail in the Nattai National Park.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“I’m not in mourning. I’m just . . .” I trail off because I don’t have a word for the hollow ache behind my ribs.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
That trails only a $450 billion one-day gain by Microsoft in July, the largest such jump ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Its revitalized city center features the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, which boasts 158 acres of indoor and outdoor botanic gardens, nature trails and a massive sculpture collection.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Meteor showers happen when the Earth passes through trails of debris from asteroids or comets - a snowball of frozen rock and gas orbiting the Sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Located near Ouray, the trackway is one of the most continuous and tightly curved sauropod footprint trails ever recorded.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was a place for tourists to engage with the geologic history of the mountain, hear eyewitness accounts of the eruption, and act as a gateway to hiking trails.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Even with Wednesday's jump, growth in the company's share price has trailed other chip companies in recent months and pales in comparison to the stratospheric leaps in 2023 that followed the launch of ChatGPT.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the past, United have almost trailed the players they want to sign, then spent ages trying to complete a deal – or not.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The industrial sector has performed better than the S&P 500 so far this year, although it has trailed the energy and technology sectors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
As a result, ETFs tracking Russell’s large-stock growth benchmark, such as iShares Russell 1000 Growth, trailed far behind funds linked to other large-growth indexes with bigger positions in hot chip stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“For hundreds of years, the fire snake trailed the humans on their exodus.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
None have had a tougher year than L3Harris Technologies, whose shares were trailing peers even before its CEO’s ouster last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Almost three decades ago, Joe Timko and Randy Neece were wandering through Disneyland, saw Goofy trailing around the gardens and made the connection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The 12-month forward consensus S&P 500 EPS estimate is nearly 90% above the trailing 10-year average reported EPS.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
We've all looked up and seen the white lines trailing behind aircraft in the sky.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It was a white and sharp predator trailing fountains of fire behind it.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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