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Tax-exempt municipal bonds produced a minus 4.36% negative return for the month, their worst monthly performance since September 2008, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Experts said the flames are being fanned by a turbo-charged El Nino weather phenomenon, causing the worst pollution conditions in years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

He arrived at that rate by calculating the lowest inflation-adjusted withdrawal rate that could nevertheless have been sustained by a 50% stock/50% bond portfolio in the worst 30-year period in U.S. history.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

While JLR does not break down its accounts by brand, Jaguar is widely believed to be the worst performer in the group.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

There was no privacy, none, that was the worst of it.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Those missing pieces effected Elliott perhaps more than anyone, and he finished with career worsts of 979 yards and eight total touchdowns.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2021

They gave up 27 straight points and 36 points total, both season worsts.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2018

His .162 batting average, .237 on-base percentage and .276 slugging percentage were all league-wide worsts among players who batted at least 200 times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2017

Harvey lasted just four innings and gave up seven runs, both career worsts.

From Washington Times ● May 23, 2015

It seems like a long list of worsts.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

He often mixed silk and wool or silk and linen for a softer alternative to the heavy, stiff gabardines and worsted wools that were typical for men’s suits and jackets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

His father was a Wall Street banker turned Connecticut senator who was straight out of central casting: craggy, 6-foot-4, wearing gray worsted suits even in warm weather.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2018

Rolls upon rolls of flannel, worsted wool and cashmere are stacked in a space the size of a football field.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2017

Dark gray, worsted wool, jackets with rows of brass.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2017

Papa was elegant that day, in a brand-new double-breasted worsted suit, with vest and silk tie and stickpin.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

Yates had a proud record to sustain, Harwell a decade of worsting to atone for.

From The Half-Back by Ralph Henry Barbour

Ajax, noble son of Telamon, captain of your people, the cry of Ulysses rings in my ears, as though the Trojans had cut him off and were worsting him while he is single-handed.

From The Iliad by Homer

He was the first to speak, and, in doing so, he felt he was acknowledging his worsting in the encounter.

From The Law-Breakers by Ridgwell Cullum

In the fighting of that day James Douglas, the second son of the fat Earl of Avondale, won the prize, worsting his elder brother William in the final encounter.

From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards

He flew to the army, took upon him the command, and displayed all the abilities of a great general in out-manœuvring and worsting the generals and armies of Savoy.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne