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China’s official manufacturing gauge rebounded more than expected in August as output and market demand recovered, though activity remained in contraction for a second straight month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

An initiative of this magnitude could accelerate long-awaited economic recovery in Venezuela, a country still reeling from the brutal 80 percent contraction between 2014 and 2021 that plunged millions of Venezuelans into poverty.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

China’s official manufacturing PMI on Monday is expected to signal little improvement in August, remaining below the 50-line separating expansion from contraction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The contraction isn’t just reaching workers at the end of long careers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Another contraction begins, more violent than the last.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Canada’s economy was growing in recent months and industry-level data points to annualized expansion of 3.4% in the second quarter, which would be the strongest in roughly three years and follows back-to-back quarterly contractions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

When the cerebellum is disrupted, people can experience symptoms including painful muscle contractions, abnormal postures, and uncontrollable shaking.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

She warned that oil-exporting countries in the Gulf had been badly hit by the war, and face "steep downward revisions to growth this year, with five out of eight countries seeing outright contractions."

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

More than a week overdue and with contractions that had begun 48 hours earlier, she arrived at the maternity ward at around 22:00 on 4 September, 2023.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

She was completely disheveled, covered with dust, bleary-eyed, and doubled over from the pain of the contractions with which Alba was pushing her way out.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende