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European buyers had hoped prices would ease by summer, allowing them to fill storage tanks later for less.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

And rising earnings have helped ease some of the most-acute worries that the market rally has stretched valuations unsustainably.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Though the new solar capacity is a welcome addition, it has done little to ease Cuba’s chronic energy problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

SpaceX’s emphasis on its allocation from Nvidia “further reinforces that the AI-compute shortage is unlikely to ease, even through 2027,” Slowinski said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

It was warm from his own body, hopefully enough to ease her chill until the other humans arrived.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

She has an obvious aura and instantly eases apprehension with humour.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

If the conflict eases and oil comes down, trade lanes open up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

What they first cultivate with silly banter and lighthearted ad-libs eases into a more vulnerable, introspective atmosphere, comparable to a cathartic therapy session.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Once Andrew's medication kicks in, his breathing eases and the paramedics decide he is safe to stay at home.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

She eases over to the order window as a tall girl with a folding camping chair slung over her shoulder peruses the menu.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

So said Barack Obama in 2012 when he eased what he called “one-size-fits-all” mandates in the No Child Left Behind law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

As a result, the unemployment rate eased to 4.1%, from 4.2% in June, even though fewer people were working.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Von Ahlen says that the BoE’s agents survey shows firms’ pricing plans are “effectively unchanged” since the Iran conflict erupted earlier this year, while inflation expectations have eased across a broad range of measures.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

The cost of a barrel of brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, fell by almost 5% to under $80 on the news of supply disruptions potentially being eased.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The knot in my chest eased as we fell into the familiar rhythm of discussing books and planning our conquest of ATO for later, but a nugget of discomfort stayed with me.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

“This easing labor market dynamic, counterintuitively, raises the implied speed limit for GDP growth,” DeBusschere argues, now potentially putting it above 2%.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

The government, already in the red before the pandemic, secured a landmark debt restructuring with official and private creditors, unlocking an IMF bailout and easing pressure on public finances.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

However, with no significant rain in sight across England and Wales, the current drought conditions with hosepipe bans will show now sign of easing.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

After the global financial crisis and through the 2010s, central and commercial banks absorbed rising issuance through quantitative easing.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

She worried that easing up on their demands during the war would cause women to lose ground and forfeit the modest gains they had won.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling