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"The scary thing is when you submit a picture to AI by default it is allowed to do whatever it wants and I don't think a lot of parents realise that," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
And, perhaps, the remote prospect of a truly extreme solution: default.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Two slices had been the default for years.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
If a bond issuer defaults — meaning it fails to make an interest or maturity payment — or the market fears a default is likely, the bond’s price can drop.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
It was a zero-sum bet: If you made $100 million, the guy who had sold you the credit default swap lost $100 million.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Diedrichs said unless the designers prompt AI to show realistic or diverse features, "it's going to give you an image that defaults to the average" data set of the "narrow" traditional beauty standards.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Certainly, the Consols proved a better bet than the high-yielding South American bonds whose serial defaults played a precipitating role in the London credit crisis of 1825.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“We’re on our own,” Chatzky noted, “but defaults are coming.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Other countries have fallen victim to debt spirals, where high levels of debt lead investors to demand higher interest rates, in turn fueling more borrowing until eventually a country defaults.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Like the credit default swap, the CDO had been invented to redistribute the risk of corporate and government bond defaults and was now being rejiggered to disguise the risk of subprime mortgage loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Djokovic - who was defaulted from the 2020 US Open for a similar incident - expressed sympathy for the fan and Medvedev afterwards.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Zambia defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2020, with its debt-to-GDP ratio peaking at 124 percent in 2021, and later completed an IMF-supported programme.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
However, China defaulted on these bonds in 1938.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
He was being summoned because he was being sued by Midland Credit Management for $3,466.63 in defaulted credit card debt.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
And then, of course, the economy tanked and the country defaulted on its debt.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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Two years ago, again at Wimbledon, it appeared officials were considering defaulting Medvedev for an outburst towards umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Plans also call for eliminating teacher-student staff ratios, defaulting caps to the licensing requirements of each state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
In the wake of the 2007-09 recession, the Caesars Entertainment casino empire came close to defaulting on more than $25 billion in debt, and an unusually vicious corporate bankruptcy fight began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Starting in June 2025, with the pause having ended nine months prior, borrowers began defaulting again for the first time since the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
It would probably be a lot easier for me to go over to her house...but again, my mind is defaulting to relying on Fiona for help.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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