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Back then, many homeowners were holding adjustable-rate mortgages with payments that were ballooning, meaning that they would soon be facing a much higher mortgage payment that they could not afford.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Adam hopes to be an inspiration to others facing difficult times.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
While some companies frequently patch their software and build harnesses for AI models, others don’t, Batta said—underscoring the scramble that businesses are facing to patch newly uncovered bugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
“For decades, non-federally recognized ancestral tribes in Southern California have fought to protect our homelands while facing pressure to accept a ‘lesser role’ than federally recognized tribes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Then she slowly shifts her feet so she’s facing us.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
The wooden bleachers and facings from those days still remain within the shell of a modern building.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
In exchange for room and board, he studied how to create stone facings for houses; the work entailed learning how to collect appropriate rocks and then fit them into the available spaces.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2017
Its impressive exterior features a Canadian-limestone façade and details such as copper roof lines, copper window facings, three-foot eaves, and stone walls.
From Architectural Digest ● Sep. 12, 2014
Meanwhile the Army band passed in its gray uniforms with blue and white facings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Guards in red coats with buff facings were stationed by the door.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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