fade
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If rate-hike expectations fade because oil prices move lower, or the labor market starts to weaken, investors could see the buck’s 2026 gains start to reverse in a more meaningful way, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
McConnell, for example, has a history of public episodes — freezing mid-sentence, apparent cognitive lapses — that the press reports on in the moment and then allows to fade into the background.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
So when did the Dream start to fade?
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
July is normally the best month of the third quarter, but its performance is tied to early advances that fade into summer and the classic autumn lull.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
And slowly, eventually, their image would fade away.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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It means early light will tell your tired brain it is time to switch on, and it also tells your body to feel sleepy when daylight fades.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Stocks in the space sector are deepening their declines on Thursday as the SpaceX halo fades further.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Through my glass, Barrio de las Letras fades into its own rosy haze.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
So if dispersion reaches a top and AI scarcity fades, the S&P 500 could feel the pain as the primary engine of the bull market fades.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Her smile fades away and she sits straighter, her ankles crossed and her hands folded in her lap, like she’s sitting in church.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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The researchers found that the animals' curiosity was strongest immediately after they encountered the crystal and slowly faded over time, a pattern similar to the way novelty wears off in humans.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
However, no such slump arrived: Hiring steadied, unemployment barely moved, and the weakness officials feared faded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It’s a little faded because it’s like 10 years old, maybe older than that now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
This is not to say that evangelicals’ attachment to creationism has gone away, even if it has faded from mainstream discourse.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
She was so small I had to look down at her, down at the little white cap on her head, the thick creases across her forehead, the faded blue eyes in the folds of skin.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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But experts warn the sprawling salt flats of Montenegro's Ulcinj salina, a vital stop-off for migrating flamingos, pelicans and other species, is fading fast.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Playing their first Test in Pakistan for 17 years, England claimed the most dramatic of victories late on day five in the fading light of Rawalpindi.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
But belief in the American dream is fading.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
The pattern is expected to prolong an unrelated existing marine heat wave off the coast of California, which otherwise would have been expected to start fading between October and December.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Now that my anger is fading, I just feel embarrassed.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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