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Example Sentences
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As of Friday, inflation traders were braced for the consumer-price index’s annual headline rate to be at or above 3% through next February.
From MarketWatch
Markets beyond the headline stock indexes were bracing for big moves, as well, with a gauge of Treasury volatility pegged at the highest levels in nine months.
From Barron's
The euro could extend its losses and the dollar could strengthen further as investors now brace for the possibility of many months of disruption to energy supplies, ING’s Turner said.
Oil prices held above $100 a barrel and stocks tumbled across the globe as investors braced for extended economic pain caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
France will be braced for more of the same.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
