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Inflation has heated up two months running after the conflict in the Middle East spiked crude oil prices, though for now remains inside the 1% to 3% window the Bank of Canada aims to maintain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

It felt like missing the last helicopter out of ’Nam, as if I were running after couplehood as bombs went off around me and yelling, “Nnnnnooooooooooo!!”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Smith shapes as a pivotal player for Australia, and has hit the ground running after a six-week break where he did not pick up a bat.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Running only 76 minutes, the movie is a veristic and voluble delight, an exercise in eavesdropping on a pair of smart, funny people who wear posterity—there’s a tape recorder running, after all—with wry lightness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

It took the combined strength of Larry, Shane, and Mr. Brown to keep Zac from running after Marcus.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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