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Oil buyers are paying much more to get a barrel of crude oil immediately as the Iran conflict threatens global supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The central bank enters the meeting with inflation still above its 2% objective, a resilient labor market and energy prices that have been pushed higher by the prolonged Middle East conflict.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Senior military leaders have previously said they planned to boost military capabilities in space, citing Russian and Chinese programmes developing ways to attack and disrupt US satellites in a future conflict.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

That arrangement was initially understood by most people involved, including the British government, as a temporary expedient to avoid ethnic and religious conflict.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

“The conflict in Southeast Asia is in the process of moving to a higher level,” General Westmoreland reported.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

That foresees a world of disrupted trade through tariffs and conflicts over chokepoints, more costly onshoring and less immigration, while political systems test the limits of spending to fund their militaries.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Since the Cold War, the U.S. and its rivals have largely pursued expensive, exquisite weapons systems, which proved effective in limited conflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global trade turbulence and energy security, will dominate the two-day meeting of the 11-nation bloc.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

"It does add to a generalised perception of really rampant conflicts of interest," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

He gave me that half-smile of his, which had won him a thousand conflicts.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

He feels conflicted about using the word “queer” to categorize his work, but only largely because he does not want his pieces to be reduced to tacky, “kitsch-ified” representations of Latinidad.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Taken to the extreme, conflicted sell-side research fed into the dot-com bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

"I am deeply conflicted, truly torn. I am free, yet in reality, I am not," the pastor told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Investors’ focus on tech earnings stems from their conflicted feelings about AI investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Pride fought with dismay inside of her, and she took the gun-barrel hide flesher from her father with a conflicted heart.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

A payable-on-death or beneficiary designation is a contract and, as such, trumps a conflicting provision in the will.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Bourguet also said he does not regret his comments although he has conflicting thoughts about its consequences.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

When those two instincts collide, it’s bound to be complex and conflicting, and Greengrass delivers that with a boots-on-the-ground style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

These conflicting emotions are cued by music that enacts the characters’ inner lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Mr. Butterbur had come trotting in, and he was now trying to listen to several conflicting accounts of the event at the same time.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien