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The forward curve for TTF-the Netherlands-based benchmark that sets the price for much of Europe’s natural gas-has moved into backwardation, meaning shorter-dated contracts are more expensive than longer-dated ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Willis describes it as a "cultural institution" revered in the industry for its abilities, but with a steep learning curve that requires experience to operate properly.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

“MTIA progress should improve the cost curve over time, particularly for inference and core recommendation workloads,” Black wrote in a Thursday note.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Cold noodles need a dressing with enough substance to coat every curve and ridge, but enough brightness to keep the bowl from feeling stodgy after a few hours in the fridge.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

Its petals are long and curve toward the sun.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Later, sitting on an aluminum bench in one of her many-tiered patios, she flips between a blank page and another in which a serpent curves across a cerulean plane.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

In the same way a dismal class performance on a business school exam will still yield some A’s, curves also apply in the stock market when a company’s results aren’t necessarily jumping off the page.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

"I went to run with him high in the mountains. It was tough to follow him – he knew all the curves and the jumps, and it was not easy for me," Volpini recalls.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

“Physical crude markets also weakened, with the Dubai and Murban forward curves shifting into contango for the first time since the war began, signaling easing concerns over immediate supply shortages,” analysts at MUFG.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

I open my palm and I see no palm pattern—just the regular inside of a hand, with random streaks and curves.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

It was at a stately red brick building, known as 443 Greenwich, with oversized curved windows and a Tribeca address.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Pantiles, seen on rooftops across Britain, have a distinctive curved shape.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Riemann’s Ph.D. adviser, the legendary Carl Friedrich Gauss, tasked him with revamping geometry to better handle curved spaces and more dimensions than three.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

How can spacetime become infinitely curved at a singularity?

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

They were caught in the green light, curved around my legs staring at the standing form, ears cocked and heads turned sideways while they studied it.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Wearing a shoe called “El Último Tango”—”The Last Dance”—Messi sent a corner kick curving into the most dangerous zone on the pitch, head-high just in front of the net.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Malik Tillman’s exquisitely placed, curving free kick for a goal in the 82nd minute might have been Messi-esque, but the call on Balogun?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

To Baier he said: “My prediction is that, first quarter, second quarter, what we are going to see, we have brought this inflation down, it is curving down.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

And the long curving roads lined with townhouses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

He stops at the far wall and slides one of the dark-wood panels open to reveal a curving stairway spiraling downward.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern