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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is still the most sizable disruption, “effectively sidelining circa 20% of LNG trade,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

AI isn’t the internet circa 1999 — it’s real, already embedded in products and business models — but markets don’t trade on logic, they trade on narrative.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

I distinctly remember my first big-girl purchase: a Celine luggage tote circa 2011, at the height of its popularity.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

“It is a style of supernaturalist spirituality and miracle- and prophecy-based preaching that was fairly niche within American evangelicalism circa 2015,” explained Dr. Matthew Taylor, a religious scholar at the Institute for Islamic-Christian-Jewish Studies.

From Salon • May 19, 2025

“What about this? It isn’t a reproduction. This is the real deal, circa 1975. Still here after all these years and not faded a bit.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry