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Inflation is hitting hardest in the categories retirees can’t avoid.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Resulting staff cuts, he said, will “fall hardest on the people who can least afford it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Wheat, rice, cotton, sugar, cocoa and palm-oil production may be hit the hardest, Marex analysts wrote in a recent report called “El Niño and Agriculture: Weather Shocks, Supply Risk and Market Pricing.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Now at home with baby Aarav, she faces six weeks physical recovery from the major surgery, but says the mental trauma is the hardest part for her.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“This is one of the hardest sites I’ve ever worked.”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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