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[kawr] / kɔr /


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Masino survived by unceremoniously casting aside her original plans in the wake of a customer and social-media revolt and focusing back on the brand’s core customers, a maneuver many CEOs struggle to pull off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Warsh prefers “trimmed averages” for inflation, which showed 2.35% in April, 0.94 percentage points lower than the core PCE index.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The report indicates that "Engine 1's core deceleration stopped, reversed and started to progress to recovery. Engine 2 was able to relight but could not arrest core speed deceleration…".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The core rate of inflation, which omits energy, rose less than expected in May and is now running at less than 3% a year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Goose bumps popped up on my arms and chills ran down my spine, shaking me to the core.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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