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Analysts at Citi forecast what’s next as millions brace for their first major hurricane in years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Those are things that are definitely affected by storms and El Niño. I would try to brace myself for that as well."

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But you’d be wise to keep proving your worth and brace for a modest raise, if you get one at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Dustin Reid, chief fixed-income strategist at Mackenzie Investments, said the calm in bonds now appears to be breaking down as traders brace for potentially more aggressive Fed rate hikes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

I could brace myself with the steering wheel, but they didn’t grab anything except each other.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Oil companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico have begun curbing production and evacuating personnel from offshore facilities as the region braces for Tropical Storm Isaias.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Knee braces ranked highly across several important measures.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Modeling was performing, but I had braces and noticed I was chubbier than everybody else, creating new anxieties. To be 11, 12, and 13 just sucked.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Their meeting comes as the 27-member European Union braces for tough negotiations to agree a joint budget for the seven-year stretch 2028-34.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Which I guess made PJ the ugly one, since he wore braces and didn't have dimples.

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson

Treasury yields rose as bond investors braced for a potential rate hike from the Federal Reserve in response to the latest bout of energy-driven inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Investors had already braced for the worst, as the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

More than 40 million people in the northeastern United States braced Friday for heavy rain and strong winds as an unusually powerful storm for the season was forecast to crash into the region.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Left guard Chris Paul stepped on Daniels’ foot as he backed away from center and the quarterback threw a wild incomplete pass as he braced himself on the ground with his other hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

He braced his sturdy little legs against the ground.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

The three million residents of Kyiv are bracing for the worst winter of the nearly five-year-old war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

On markets: Wall Street is bracing for the Treasury’s next borrowing announcement, with investors uncertain about how much government debt is coming next month.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Firefighters are bracing for another day of Santa Ana winds and extreme temperatures as they continue to battle a blaze that destroyed six homes in south Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Rebecca Onion declares that the miniseries is a bracing delight, akin to “kissing a dead fish and taking a shot”—and that’s a compliment!

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

The air was bracing, yet with a cold edge which made the travelers grateful for the cloaks Medwyn had given them.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander