buildup
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“Fans love drama, buildup, internet gossip, beef and story lines, and I think fighting naturally lends itself to that,” Paul said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
I’ve thought about whether AI could eventually play a role of a central banker, detecting bubbles or risk buildup that humans might miss.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Though Ohtani feels better than he did before the break, according to Roberts, the team wasn’t envisioning this kind of start-and-stop buildup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
This is likely a promising buildup to the high season for Middle East patient arrivals in 3Q.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
August bent over the hive, inspecting the frames, looking for wax buildup on the comb, the half- moon shape of her helmet bouncing along.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Without global hegemonic ambitions, these countries are less likely to pursue costly military buildups.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
“While we aren’t yet seeing massive on-chain buildups, whales at least appear to have ceased distribution and shifted toward gradual accumulation,” Hasn told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026
Staffers routinely rely on satellite data to track down pressure buildups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
These conditions are driven by harmful buildups in the brain made of misfolded amyloid proteins.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2025
And the best way to send this message was by massive and ongoing buildups of their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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The Contemporary Period, c. 1914 to the Present
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