figures
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, which figures we must be living in truly dark times if even a trip to Taco Bell can make you feel gross afterward.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
Second-quarter GDP data are due Thursday, alongside the release of PCE inflation figures—the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation—for June, and weekly jobless claims figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The United States is in the midst of its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, according to official figures released Friday, amid a serious uptick in cases as vaccine hesitancy grows.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Chess is booming worldwide, with sky-high audience figures driving big sponsorship deals and celebrity status for players such as Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Torak peered at the figures hunched about the long-fire: twenty or thirty men and women, their faces starkly lit by the flames.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
