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"This feels like a consumer who still wants the occasion, but is paying much closer attention to what goes into the basket."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The U.S. dollar rose against a basket of global currencies as gold edged back toward $4,000 a troy ounce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Front-month Brazilian real futures contracts weakened more than 10% against the dollar while a basket of Brazilian stocks tumbled over 27% in premarket trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
He missed the free throw, but his basket had given the Lakers a 91-77 in the third quarter and it kept their momentum going.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
I patted his cheek, then looped the basket over my arm.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Big baskets of businesses can be investor-friendly if the components share certain financial characteristics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The murky, magnificent Eel River was once a highway for the Wailaki people, who navigated by canoe and hauled goods between villages in cone-shaped baskets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
At El Nopal, when the baskets arrive, nobody asks who is paying for this round.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
These highly detailed tableaux of laundromats speak to immigrant life as characters from East Asian mythology and Mexican traditions tumble around washers, buy detergent from vending machines, and mingle in laundry baskets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Boatmen unloaded baskets of wares for customers who would come later in the evening to haggle over prices in the nearby market.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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