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The consumer-price index for May, due out Wednesday morning, is forecast to increase a sharp 0.5%, almost three times the typical monthly increase.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

And his low conversation ratio from 27 poles is almost entirely down to team failings rather than driver.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Exports of Canadian goods increased 1.6% from the month before to C$75.16 billion, and have jumped almost 25% on a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But then, outside of our work, we are judged almost worse about how we’re aging, how we’re not aging, what we look like, what we don’t look like.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“And then, to top it off, you tell a bunch of awful lies. You almost gave him a heart attack!”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam