dislocation
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America’s largest oil companies reported a blockbuster quarter after the Iran war caused a historic dislocation in global markets that sent energy prices soaring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
A dislocation in pricing then, can and probably will persist.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Yet for all its honesty about that dislocation, the film remains remarkably hopeful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
That chorus has grown quiet in recent decades, muted by offshoring, automation and economic dislocation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
A falling away, a dislocation was taking place.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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They also revealed dislocations moving from the layer interfaces into the surrounding CoAl layers, helping explain how the material could deform without quickly fracturing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
This process enabled the researchers to introduce many more dislocations into the CoAl than conventional casting normally permits.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
All of the essays traffic, to one degree or another, in emotional pain, and some have at their core the grievous dislocations of mental illness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Their oil production businesses gain if inventories keep falling and crude prices rise, while their refineries, trading desks, chemical plants, and logistics networks can profit from the dislocations created by the war.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
If the prospect of this flattening—and all of the pressures, dislocations, and opportunities accompanying it—makes you uneasy about the future, you are neither wrong nor alone.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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