drive
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While the $4,000 an ounce support level for the yellow metal appears to be intact, there is “little conviction that further stress across financial markets will drive significant flows into the precious metal,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Cathay’s 1H results could drive a full-year earnings upgrade, and accelerating fuel pass-through should sustain the earnings momentum in 2H, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Even with the large metal device encircling her body for hours each day for most of her life, Lillard found a way to drive a vehicle, took up painting and cared for her beloved beagles.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Morgan and Goldman Sachs, represented “confirmation that AI adoption and usage are rising and companies are prioritizing it to drive efficiencies and productivity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
We drive by the Manor, where the number of protesters and counterprotesters continues to grow.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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A stand of 101 with Shreyas Iyer put the match in India's grasp, with Gill playing beautiful drives.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Even as an endearing lack of flashiness drives tens of millions of domestic memberships, affection for Costco can’t be explained by its perceived grit or value alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Recently, she switched her cellphone service from AT&T to T Mobile, she said, hoping to get a better reception when she drives around her neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Countless karaoke nights and rainy drives have been scored to Tyler’s inimitable song, so much so that the opening piano notes of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” might precede Tyler’s substantial legacy.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
“Oh, Shrub, I know it’s hard. But even when he drives me lōlō, I love your dad. He’s my son. Always.”
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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Their thoughts were of the western main, Of moor, and dog, and gun, When that strange shape drave suddenly Betwixt us and the Sun.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 by Various
She drave at the rock with stern sails set; Crash went the masts in twain; She staggered back with her mortal blow, Then leaped at it again.
From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various
Desperately on they drave, these three, With him at the right before, While the knight rode furiously after him And thought of the world no more.
From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez
God had given her to a rough old fellow like him, one who had endured the trampling of the threshing floor as the car oxen drave round.
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
No one now uses he spake, and he drave, instead of he spoke, and he drove; holpen is replaced by helped; holden by held; shapen by shaped.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
The couple drove two hours from the Inland Empire to catch the bloom, which had been on Cruz’s bucket list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
In the same month Harborne donated a record £9m to Reform, relaxation of US stablecoin regulation drove up the value of his stake in Tether by several billion dollars.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The air was almost unbreathable in the forest on Monday morning, as fire trucks drove in one after the other seeking to bring the blaze under control.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Some jumped in a car and drove to San Francisco to warn OpenAI, then changed their minds outside the office and drove back to the barracks instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Now, when I drove down the main street, I would not be taken for a derelict.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Treasury yields rose in overnight trading, driven by higher oil prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"This particular episode has driven Oman to take quite a substantial stand...but we want this conflict to be resolved through dialogue."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The researchers also say the study highlights the value of curiosity driven science.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
“What played out was worse than our expectations, driven by a shortfall in our Z performance and the associated software stack, primarily in transaction processing,” CEO Arvind Krishna said in a statement.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Stalin’s army had driven Hitler from Eastern Europe at the cost of millions of Soviet soldiers.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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But critics of permanent DST have noted that it would lead to darker winter mornings, which could make driving conditions more hazardous for those on the road in early hours.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Higher fuel prices, tariffs and other factors are driving up the costs for making products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
In Houston last week, ICE agents stopped Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican father of three who was driving a van to work.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Both men were driving at the time of the shootings, and the incidents have renewed criticism over the agency’s immigration enforcement tactics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Whether a new group of prisoners had arrived or what the reason was for driving us from the tent, no one knew.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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