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On Wednesday, equities also got hammered despite January’s surprisingly strong jobs report, action which strategists chalked up to a more complicated outlook for inflation and interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

From MarketWatch

Jenny Voisard, media and website manager for Friends of Big Bear Valley, chalks it up partly to Jackie’s and Shadow’s highly individual personalities.

From Los Angeles Times

Some market strategists chalked it up to this: A stronger labor market could complicate the outlook for inflation and interest-rate cuts.

From MarketWatch

Which is fine, obviously, but frankly we need all the help we can get over here so we're chalking his nomination up as at least a partial win for the UK.

From BBC

It itched and burned something close to fierce, but I just chalked that up to the The Mask’s potent power.

From Literature