demands

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Bass’ office did not respond to questions regarding some residents’ demands that the Lineage warehouse be shut down for good.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

The idea that creatine could influence depression is grounded in the brain's enormous energy demands.

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

Put falling prices together with reduced output, and Russia faces some grim downshifts in government revenue—even as the war demands every ruble Mr. Putin can find.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Members of a Canada-US trade advisory committee assembled by Prime Minister Mark Carney, however, said the list of US demands for Canada is "much shorter" than Mexico's and that talks are actively taking place.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

As it happened, Deutsche Bank had broken off relations with Mike Burry back in June, after Burry had been, in Deutsche Bank’s view, overly aggressive in his demands for collateral.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis