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For Michele Costabile, a marketing professor at Luiss University in Rome, Campari managed to turn the spritz into an Italian product that was instantly recognisable and easy to export.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Increasing interest rates is a way of tackling inflation by making borrowing more expensive, encouraging people to cut back on spending and in turn leading to lower demand and price rises easing.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
—The dollar edged lower as investors turn cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
And if you understand this turn, the experimental peptides start to make more sense.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
She will have to turn around and retrace her steps.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
As the potato heats up, however, that water turns into vapor and escapes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Critics point out that passengers in the wings could be exposed to higher levels of uncomfortable gravitational force when the plane turns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
There is a line when desperation turns into bullying.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
No one exemplifies this generous worldview better than Lotta, who turns out not to be the villain of May’s darkest imaginings but a complicated, compassionate and rather philosophical human being.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The weather warms enough to open the windows, then it gets frigid again, and then it rains buckets and everything turns to ice.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
But outrage over alleged exam irregularities soon turned it into an unlikely rallying point for broader frustrations over unemployment, failing institutions and political indifference.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
It turned out that the pitching phenom who had been seemingly unhittable back home was tipping his pitches—unknowingly letting hitters know what was coming through a tic in his setup or delivery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"And it turned out I was just a beach photographer on that day."
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
“I still said, ‘I already turned it down so you’re wasting your time.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
He turned to the lumpy shadow of his garden.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Individual investors aren’t leaving the market; rather, “they’re turning far more discerning,” said Vanda.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
“I just think it’s odd that they are now turning around and telling others not to do what they did.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
His openness and curiosity — still, turning 80 later this year! — makes him the music fan’s music fan.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
This is caused by the need to constantly recharge the batteries, which is reducing the challenge of fast corners by turning them into what two-time champion Fernando Alonso has called "charging stations".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The sky is turning gray, and now it feels like the rain might start any second even though it’s way before noon.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
