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Lake also picked up a brace of scores - the first of which Dafydd Jenkins was unable to stop - as he impressed alongside fellow new boy Morgan in Gloucester's win over Exeter.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

U.S. stock futures extended gains and oil prices continued to fall in early European trade, though Treasury yields largely rose as investors brace for more rate hikes to come.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Homeowners that stay warm with heating oil in the winter should also brace for higher prices.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

As marine mammal rehabilitators brace for the grim possibility of mass strandings in Southern California, rescuers on beaches to the north worry about another dynamic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ekon barely had time to brace himself before Kamau was upon him.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“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

"Other common treatments for knee osteoarthritis include strengthening the thigh muscles, using knee braces, taking anti-inflammatory medications, getting cortisone and other injections, and sometimes having knee replacement surgery."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

With a full beard, glittering earrings in both ears and braces on his teeth, Wallace is the man on campus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Just as he finished talking to a skinny girl with braces, he saw Frank coming toward him.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon

The Treasury selloff eased, keeping yields just below multiyear highs, as oil prices slipped and Wall Street braced for a streak of relevant data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Freeman braced himself on his right side, which took the brunt of the impact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Thousands of Spaniards evacuated from huge wildfires returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions in their own battle with raging flames.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Zak previously said his family had braced themselves for an unsatisfying resolution to the case as authorities were "not very forthcoming with trying to speed things along".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

She braced herself to feel a rush of hurt, but Boo didn’t hesitate.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Now, amidst severe overcrowding in some areas, unsanitary conditions and limited healthcare access, the WHO is bracing for more and bigger disease outbreaks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

These scenes are bracing but overwrought, and it sometimes seems that Ms. Kingsolver’s approach to tragedy is to prioritize quantity over quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The opening and closing of “The Uprising” are bracing and stark in their storytelling — the middle is a bit mushy and confusing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Strip Rules” has a bracing pace and the aftershave tang of a great 1950s paperback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Gingersnipes looked up at Clare, still bracing herself on the chair.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman