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Alaskans feel it more acutely than other Americans, he said, because the state's distance means "everything is shipped in, and everything is dependent on fuel costs."
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Many American and Canadian consumers are enjoying reasonable prices for natural gas even as countries dependent on the Middle East for gas struggle to find adequate supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Short-Necked Oil Beetle are dependent on solitary bees for its lifecycle and need a particular habitat to survive, with thick vegetation for shelter and dense flower coverage both essential.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Abu Dhabi and the other members of the United Arab Emirates are deeply economically enmeshed with the United States and heavily dependent on America for national security protection.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
I was sullen and dependent on my mother's sole attention, tender-hearted, and whiney: the classic temperament of the artist but without anything to show for my bad character.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Quarterly premiums will rise from $375 to $390 for one participant, with higher amounts for added dependents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
There was just one hitch: The law applied only to employees of fully insured large companies plus CalPERS — potentially reaching roughly 9 million Californians, including workers, spouses and dependents, according to a legislative analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
During the Covid pandemic, Congress approved payouts to income-eligible tax filers and their dependents only, a narrower approach that would lower the cost further.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Predictions that AI would kill half of all white-collar jobs or create a permanent class of unemployed welfare dependents were always far-fetched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Fifth, Denman had the money neither to pay us well nor to guarantee a decent sum to our dependents in case something happened to us.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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