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Chip maker Nvidia —the world’s largest company—is testing the upper bounds of its recent monthslong range.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Hockey was a bruising, inelegant sport played in the frozen tundra of Canada and the upper Midwest when Vachon was traded from the Montreal Canadiens to the Kings in the winter of 1971.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Iran is “playing hardball here because they believe that they have the upper hand,” said Ali Vaez, the Iran project director of the Crisis Group, a conflict-resolution organization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The bottom graph shows the stock price, while implied volatility is on the upper graph.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

I was assigned a place on an upper bunk next to a woman whose body was covered with erupting pustules.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom