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My advice is simple: Slow down, diversify, independently verify who is managing the money, and be skeptical of anything promising unusually high or consistent returns.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
In an unprecedented rush of emergency fundraising, boosters hurled down an extra $20 million to keep their stars—and, just as importantly, keep them out of Kiffin’s clutches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The solution comes to Cartman in a dream, courtesy of Aunt Jemima: the food pyramid is upside down.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Maybe somewhere down the line there's a tool we use which uses AI but I don't think it would ever replace the storytelling and creation of those stories," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
When things finally quiet down, Father Julien pushes himself up.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Michigan fans, meantime, have closely followed the ups and downs of Underwood, the player most associated with the Ellisons’ largess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Oracle’s stock has been known to move in step with the ups and downs of OpenAI’s news cycle — and that drove it to its fifth straight drop on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
But even when everyone is singing your praises, you can’t let it go to your head, because football has its ups and downs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
This added to the ups and downs in the gilt markets - the trade in British government debt.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Northward beyond the dwindling downs the land ran away in flats and swellings of grey and green and pale earth-colours, until it faded into a featureless and shadowy distance.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Saudi Arabia hasn’t officially confirmed the loss, but two people familiar with the incident said a Saudi aircraft had been downed, The Wall Street Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
That could result in gusty offshore winds, wildfire risks, and downed trees, according to Kristan Lund, meteorologist with the weather service office in Oxnard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
That fire was started by downed power lines due to high winds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ukraine downed under a third of them, according to the AFP tally of official data.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Uprooted trees, a telephone pole, and the shingled roof of a small shed floated in the water behind the downed section of the bridge, trapped against the steel girder that now angled into the river.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
In 2024, Putin apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan over the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The United States has also indicted former president Raul Castro, brother of the late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, over the downing of two civilian planes three decades ago.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
On Tuesday and Wednesday night, US and Iranian forces exchanged fresh waves of strikes following the downing of a US helicopter in the Gulf.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Any renewed attacks would follow strikes by both the U.S. and Iran following the downing of a U.S. helicopter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
All this compared to the forty-five seconds we spend downing bioloaf.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
