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If the other hyperscalers also announce higher capital spending while free cash flow continues to weaken, investors may respond similarly.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Programs that encourage employees or customers to adopt greener habits do not appear to weaken support for broader climate action.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Bertha is forecast to weaken back to a tropical depression on Thursday and may dissipate by the end of the week as it nears the Texas coast.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Tan’s suit claims the department “sought to weaken, silence, and break apart the very partnership that threatened to expose its wrongdoing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
She could feel her resolve weaken, and her voice faltered as she told him.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
If the hyperscalers’ spending slows because financing costs rise or free cash flow weakens, semiconductor demand could eventually feel the effects.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
More generally, he added, "this withdrawal weakens the international architecture of criminal justice and heightens fears that the perpetrators of the most serious crimes will escape any prosecution".
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
That confidence weakens toward the end of the 21st century, when physical processes capable of rapidly increasing ice loss become more likely.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
So if deep water formation weakens in the North Atlantic, Watson argues, the system may not simply stop.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Their gravitational bond weakens, so that when another star passes the binary, the pair break up.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Three key players have now left in less than 12 months, though, which has weakened the side considerably, following Alexander Isak's painful £125m departure to Liverpool last summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
A lack of updating, rising mall rents and splurges on new businesses weakened its business until it declared bankruptcy in 2014.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Artificial intelligence-suppliers and defense stocks gained, though healthcare weakened as the Europe-wide Stoxx 600 added 0.2%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Following the 2002–2011 politico-military crisis that severely weakened its economy, Ivory Coast has regained stability, with growth regularly above six percent, making it among the drivers of West Africa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Despite my weakened state, I was prepared for battle, repeating my mantra: You are strong.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
The world’s largest battery maker reported sharply higher profit as booming demand for energy-storage systems and resilient EV battery sales offset weakening appetite for EVs in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Bertha was expected to begin weakening by Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
A key risk to the trade is a weakening in the health of the consumer, including via higher oil prices or a softening labor market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
U.S. leading economic indicators edged lower in June on weakening consumer spending, according to a basket of monthly economic indicators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Radiation penetrated the men’s bodies, damaging cells and weakening their immune systems.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
