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When “It Ends” premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2025, it was not exactly the runaway darling of the year’s programming.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Her company was one of the first to invest in Chinese robotics darling Unitree, whose share price soared over 600 percent on its debut in Shanghai on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, best known for starring in the 2007 indie darling “Once” and winning an Oscar for “Falling Slowly,” the film’s original song along with co-star Markéta Irglová, has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Michael Brush listed various factors that could support a continuing bull market for technology stocks, while adding a warning about one particular Big Tech darling.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

“My best china is in that box, darling, and I declare you are throwing it around like a shot putt.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The Dow industrials surged, while chip stocks were selling off as investors ditched artificial-intelligence darlings in favor of other sectors that had been left behind this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

However such a shift within the market may mean problems for current investor darlings.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

The "silver darlings", as they were known, brought wealth but it was the discovery of black gold in 1969 which transformed the city and the nation.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices aren’t the stock market darlings they once were.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

McCann, meanwhile, was one of the darlings of Madison Avenue, a firm renowned for its creativity and sophistication.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell