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With California virtually certain to see a “super” El Niño, residents and business owners are being asked to brace for a wet and potentially punishing winter later this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

U.S. drivers also might want to brace for gas prices to rise in the weeks ahead from their current average of $4.32 a gallon at the pump.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

As employers brace for a fresh round of rising healthcare costs that outpace inflation, the stakes are getting higher for companies to contain spending on treatments such as popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

When he opens the door a few moments later, I brace myself.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

The studies evaluated 12 different approaches, including laser therapy, electrical stimulation, knee braces, insoles, kinesiology tape, water-based therapy, exercise, and ultrasound.

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

But as the world braces for wildfires that are more frequent and intense, Heffernan also believes "we must take a global perspective".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Gloria Coburn’s little sister got braces and Gloria didn’t, and Gloria cried and carried on for weeks.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

She said the summer's heatwaves had been "tough", but they were hoping for a cooler, wetter autumn, with the reserve braced for flood events and "saline surges" with seasonal tides.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

I braced for a fight and put my hands flat on the table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Russian capital braced Wednesday for a possible fresh wave of fuel shortages as drivers queued nervously to fill up tanks after recent Ukrainian strikes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

U.S. stocks were little changed Wednesday as oil prices extended gains and investors braced for a wave of major earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

She stormed off to her room, and I braced myself as the door slammed.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

Major stock indexes hovering near records are masking a market straining under elevated oil prices, rising Treasury yields and a Federal Reserve bracing for additional interest-rate hikes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The county’s library director, Skye Patrick, told The Times Thursday evening that they were bracing for “complete mayhem.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Bruxism is an umbrella term which groups together four different jaw movements - clenching, grinding, bracing and thrusting.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

U.S. natural gas futures started the week lower with the market bracing for cooler late-September weather that will reduce power-sector demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

She took a deep breath, as though bracing herself, and said, “It’s that mark, the mark in Beedle the Bard. Look at this!”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling