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Wiles, 69, is seen as among the most powerful figures in the Trump administration and someone particularly close to the US president.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Assets in these funds have been at highs this year, and their rebalancing activity around the market close can fuel more volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
There were two positive developments on that front since Thursday’s close.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
For the next 16 months, motorists will have to seek alternative routes to the Vincent Thomas Bridge, which is slated to close for construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Now with a child on each knee and ten more crowded close, he drew from another pocket his heavy cross-shaped winding key, each of the four ends shaped for a different size clock.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
While they’re meant to be in love, their screen chemistry feels closer to roommates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Thomas and Struyven noted that the recent bond-market rally helped to bring the market’s pricing of future hikes closer to the bank’s forecasts.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
The Russians were still no closer to the Oskil River, a critical Ukrainian defensive line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
And some of the biggest changes may happen closer to home.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
He grabbed a magazine, then scooted closer to me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The movement’s biggest players, wary of crossing two of their closest Senate allies, were suddenly put on the spot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
City missed out on the title to Arsenal last season and are expected to be the closest challengers again.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
He’s at 75 sacks in 22 regular-season games, and the next closest is New England’s Drake Maye at 60.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
“Other Mommy” comes closest to outright blaming its central maternal figure for all the bad things that happen in her home.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
In our neighborhood we can get to a couple of parks by bike, but the closest store requires crossing a highway ramp, so I'm not allowed.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
The Nasdaq composite closes in correction territory in the stock market’s worst day since last April’s tariff turmoil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Qualcomm is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the market closes on Wednesday as Wall Street predicts a downturn.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Every time a clinic or hospital closes, the distances nearby residents must travel skyrockets, doctors stressed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Could this make the double drop more common as the revenue gap closes?
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“I should have done a simpler costume,” I say after Sue closes the door.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
At its height, the fire closed the A31 - a major tourist and commuter route between Hampshire and Dorset - for nearly two weeks.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
In March 2015, Exide closed its Vernon plant in an agreement with federal prosecutors to avoid criminal charges, The Times reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
After Thursday’s decline, the SOX was valued at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 13 — its lowest level since Jan. 23, 2019, when the index closed at 1,185.94, or 87% below Thursday’s close.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical and Chugai Pharmaceutical closed about 5% lower, and smaller rivals Daiichi Sankyo and Astellas Pharma plunged 10% and 7.5%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The poor intern gulped a hasty good-bye while Betsie and I got mother and baby up to the dining room and closed the door on Fred and his work.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
After closing Thursday around 7,354, the index sits just above its 200-day moving average, a widely watched measure of the market’s longer-term trend, at 7,323.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
Entering her 30s, she worried that the window to globe-trot as a freewheeling single might be closing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
But the buyer can then apply for a conventional mortgage on the property after closing, a move called delayed financing.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Options include keeping services as they are, or closing consultant-led maternity units at the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, or both.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
He throws a quick look out the back door before closing it.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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