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The largest island in the Persian Gulf, it shelters fast-attack craft, explosives-laden boats, drones and missiles belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the primary force responsible for securing the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
“But we’re going to do it in the right way, not force it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The thinking is that those provisions protect the fund’s remaining investors from a rush to the exits that would force managers to sell underlying securities at fire sale prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Start with the decline in the unemployment rate: The chief reason why it fell was because almost 400,000 people dropped out of the labor force.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
“I wonder if phones are programmed to fling themselves into oncoming traffic to force you to upgrade.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.