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RSI readings above 70 are believed to depict overbought conditions, which is a technical term that suggests buyers need some time to digest what they just accomplished.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
The "Modern Warfare" games depict military conflicts in the modern era, inspired by international tensions, while the "Black Ops" games take place in an alternate reality where the Cold War never ended.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Though the tableaux depict hardships endured by a painter born in 1593, Artemisia, the impressions convey yearning, grief, suffering and resilience that transcend centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
There are great musical monuments to historical upheavals, but vanishingly few were written during the events they depict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
This map does not depict it accurately, because these societies were not contemporaries—the Olmec vanished centuries before the Nudzahui and Zapotec began to reach their height, for example.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The ad depicts two grandparents enthusiastically hugging a young boy, but when they approach their granddaughter she appears unhappy about the exchange.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Though she, too, is a brilliant musician, the novel depicts her primarily as “a prodigy in living.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
It depicts how rising borrowing costs can weigh more heavily on shares of smaller companies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The cover for his debut solo studio album, “Indigo,” depicts Hyong-keun’s 1972 painting “Blue,” and the album’s lead track, “Yun,” a collaboration with Erykah Badu, kicks off with recorded dialogue from the artist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
It is twice my height and four times my width and depicts an attractive woman with watery gray eyes and spectacles—Jeanine.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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Stewart depicted Picard in more than 170 episodes of the hit sci-fi TV series between 1987 and 1994, as well as in four feature films.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Astronomers have long depicted distant exoplanets with smooth, circular outlines.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Even as Bass embarked on a 22-year political career that has seen stops in Sacramento, Washington and City Hall, the native Angeleno always, successfully depicted herself as a political outsider.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Of course “The Social Reckoning” arrives too late to feel revolutionary; it would be late even if it depicted something that happened last week.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
It was titled Despierta Boricua and depicted a Taino Indian tied to a New York City fire hydrant.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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The hotel commissioned her to paint a 5-by-12-foot triptych depicting a thunderstorm brewing over the Hill Country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Mbappe in September addressed a previous meme depicting him as a military dictator, in an interview with French sports newspaper L'Equipe.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Among the artifacts recovered from the site is an unusual ceramic vessel depicting a seated Peruvian hairless dog with humanlike features.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
There were fantastical elements, but what set “Hey Arnold!” apart was how invested it was in depicting what life is like for a fourth grader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
On the manual’s cover was a painting depicting a scene from the game.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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