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During the pandemic, for instance, private lenders stepped up to supply credit to borrowers when others were pulling back, earning strong returns for doing so.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The name of an Arkansas coal plant receiving an exemption was misspelled, for instance, as was the name of the company Phillips 66, which was granted exemptions at its oil refineries in Illinois and Texas.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Sandisk’s stock is up more than 4,000% in a year, for instance, while Lumentum’s is up more than 1,200%.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

The bloc's decades-old Petroleum Security Agreement, for instance, a fuel-sharing scheme aimed at ensuring energy stability, has never been invoked and is purely voluntary.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Once, for instance, Washington requested “hard money,” meaning gold or silver, “to pay a certain set of People who are of particular use to us.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen